The Madonna Inn is a flamboyant motel in San Luis Obispo, California. Opened for business in 1958, it quickly became a landmark on the Central Coast Of California. The Inn was created by Alex Madonna, who died in April 2004, and his wife, Phyllis. It is a monument of unremitting kitsch, with a semi-Swiss-Alp exterior and lavish common rooms accented by pink roses, Western murals, and hammered copper. Each room in the Madonna Inn is uniquely designed and themed. Its famed rock waterfall urinal (Urinal (restroom)) is a fixture along Californias Central Coast (Central Coast, California). Many tourists come to visit the urinal, to the embarrassment of males who genuinely need to use the facilities.