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Castles

Newport, Rhode Island

Belcourt Castle

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

Kupr, Sierra Leone

Bunce Island

Home of the ruins of a British slave castle.

Mexico City, Mexico

Chapultepec Castle

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

North Yorkshire, England

Allerton Castle

This Gothic Revival castle used as a shooting location for "The Secret Garden" and other films.

Lead Hill, Arkansas

Ozark Medieval Fortress

Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.

The Swallow's Nest

A castle perched precariously over the Crimean Sea.

Gloucester, Massachusetts

Hammond Castle Museum

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

The Gala Dalí Castle

Of course Salvador Dalí lived in a castle...

Largs, Scotland

Kelburn Castle

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.

Čachtice, Slovakia

Ruins of Cachtice Castle

The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.

Inyo, California

Scotty's Castle

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Bishop Castle

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

Budapest, Hungary

Budapest Agriculture Museum

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

Schwangau, Germany

Neuschwanstein Castle

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."