Medieval Castle in Arkansas???

[auld argonian]

I get to look at this mini-castle whenever I go to the train station to make a run downtown:

http://www.explorechicago.org/city/e...ns_castle.html

I've been inside...it's a bit of a dump (and I don't mean that in a nice, castle-y way!).

Best

AA

[Lallans]

Building castles is all fun and games until the Normans show up and knock 'em down on your head....

[SoSelkirk]

Check out these two in north Idaho.

http://www.castlemagic.com/castle-for-sale.html

http://www.castlemagic.com/vonfrandsen.html

These are being built by a local artisan.

[Fitzy]

Building castles is all fun and games until the Normans show up and knock 'em down on your head....

From what I've been reading, that happened to a few of my Irish ancestors !

They eventually got even though ...they married into that Norman family !

What's that they say about inlaws and outlaws ?

Paul

[sydnie7]

Can't let this thread go on without representing the Left Coast's versions:

Hearst Castle (part of the story behind Citizen Kane)

Scotty's Castle

"Castles" in name only but still interesting places.

[Fitzy]

Came across this site looking for more on the castle that was at the tip of Sands Point.

http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/index.htm#ny

In doing so I was reminded of a bit of "castle coincidence", the Castle Gould I worked in many years ago, was said to be a style copied from Castle Kilkenny in Ireland.

In researching a branch of my family history, I recently learned that Castle Kilkenny was built on part of my ancestral lands.

Across a few centurys and a few thousand miles of ocean,... what are the odds ?

Paul

[Fitzy]

Can't let this thread go on without representing the Left Coast's versions:

Hearst Castle (part of the story behind Citizen Kane)

Scotty's Castle

"Castles" in name only but still interesting places.

And, if a bit of side tracking can be forgiven, they both have an "East Coast" connection.

Death Valley Scotty owned a few Franklin autos. He and his Franklins were used in some of Franklin's advertising about how their aircooled cars wouldn't overheat even in extreamly high temps of Death Valley . Stories about he and his Franklins (and some about his castle) have been written up in the Franklin Club publication.

And Hearst bought Marion Davies a 1930 Franklin "Pursuit" touring car. The car was saved by the former head mechanic of the Beverly Hills Franklin dealership and still survives, once again back here in NY.

http://www.franklincar.org/INFO/1930Series145Pusuit.htm

Paul

[Fitzy]

The Girlfriend and I got to tour this one last October. Realy worth seeing because it also has a lot of artifacts on display.

http://www.hammondcastle.org/common/...av=AA&page=A91

Paul

[Chirs]

And here's a listing of castles in Canada. I'd have never guessed there were so many.

[Zardoz]

There's a nice castle in the Texas Hill Country called Falkenstein Castle;



It is a private home, but they host some weddings and other events there.

http://www.falkensteincastle.com/general_info.htm