God bless this internet we have, and God save this Wikipedia that dwells therein. There is nothing more exciting than coming across a list of American castles and reading there is more to discover, there are more keeps and fortresses and citadels in the secret high places of this land than you had ever dreamed.
I have been to two of them, I think (I feel like the Winchester Mystery House and Scotty’s Castle both deserve to be on this list as well. PERHAPS I SHALL ADD THEM) — Hearst Castle and Rubel Castle, which is, no lie, considered “the Watts Towers of the San Gabriel Valley.” The San Gabriel Valley: never good enough.
There is one called VIKINGSHOLM.
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miprisci 132p · 548 weeks ago
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NotBob · 548 weeks ago
aravisthequeen 134p · 548 weeks ago
Also I've been to Henderson Castle in K'zoo and it is NOT a castle, it is "a big expensive Queen Anne mansion with stone on the outside." No castle.
GoatseFanfic 120p · 548 weeks ago
It is also no longer the only, or I think even the biggest, castle in town, although it is probably still the best equipped to pour hot oil on the Humungus.
Sean_Sullivan 142p · 548 weeks ago
Built from local fieldstone over a five-year span (1914-19), the castle is the loving creation of celebrated actor and playwright William Hooker Gillette, best known for being the first man to bring "Sherlock Holmes" to the stage. With Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's blessing, he gave the character his iconic deerstalker cap, pipe and catchphrase "Oh this is elementary, my dear fellow," (which was later bastardized into "Elementary, my dear Watson"). He performed as Holmes over 1,000 times, amassing a tidy little fortune in the process...
A Connecticut native and typical pragmatic Yankee, Gillette designed the entire edifice himself, including the 47 doors, each of which has a unique wooden puzzle lock that he also devised. The castle also has all sorts of unique and quirky features, such as a disappearing bar (used extensively during Prohibition) and a set of mirrors that let the voyeuristic Gillette see down into the main room of the castle from his own bedroom (so he could see when guests arrived and could make the proper "grand entrance").
*(Unless the Medieval Times in Schaumburg counts)
EPWordsnatcher 126p · 548 weeks ago
edit: built by some dude for his wife in 1969. Important.
littlehuntingcreek 135p · 548 weeks ago
leaping_rabbit 103p · 548 weeks ago
deleted7410012 111p · 548 weeks ago
themegnapkin 110p · 548 weeks ago
*One of the 2 (2!!!!) castles in my hometown. Luckily, the photo dates from before they built this enormous and god-awful visitor's center that obscures the front :(
EPWordsnatcher 126p · 548 weeks ago
emclaughlin1215 96p · 548 weeks ago
Owl Queen 124p · 548 weeks ago
SPOILED.
feloniousgrammar 66p · 548 weeks ago
Though, I suppose there's some kind of strange symmetry between straightening teeth and building a castle, it's a bit much to build a castle on Camelback Mountain in a libertarian wasteland--- lords in the shape of orthodontists cannot be taken seriously.
Genevievenumba4 110p · 548 weeks ago
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/facilities/repository/...
meetapossum 110p · 548 weeks ago
bitzyboozer 119p · 548 weeks ago
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ksek · 548 weeks ago
thebellewitch 122p · 548 weeks ago
mabissam 121p · 548 weeks ago
Iolani Palace Barracks... maybe? http://www.fmschmitt.com/travels/Hawaii/Hawaiian-...
ecurve 111p · 548 weeks ago
heartstillatwar 106p · 548 weeks ago
renmunch 85p · 548 weeks ago
samburgers 117p · 548 weeks ago
WHERE IS MY AMERICAN UPPER MIDWESTERN CASTLE is House on the Rock supposed to satisfy my needs??? should I be rallying around that??? Where do I go in the event of invasion???
SOS UPPER MIDWESTERNERS PLEASE ADVISE
mashanigel 101p · 548 weeks ago
she-reader · 548 weeks ago
Caz · 548 weeks ago
My family castle which my ancestors unfortunately sold when they went bankrupt (the Forsters). Yay castles!
Beakses 93p · 548 weeks ago
Wait..I found an entire list of Austin castles: <a href="http://www.austin360.com/news/entertainment/arts-theater/downtown-austin-castle-shelters-prestigious-past-1/nRpzp/" target="_blank">http://www.austin360.com/news/entertainment/arts-theater/downtown-austin-castle-shelters-prestigious-past-1/nRpzp/
MaxMarvel 91p · 548 weeks ago
Also, the place is full of huge pieces of plywood covered in intense, semi-comprehensible hand-written screeds about police conspiracies, whether the government is allowed to make you have a driver's license (not according to Jim!), and similar topics. He does use the word "sheeple."
Sarah · 548 weeks ago
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