Castles

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

This remote castle was built to be a wealthy businessman's palace of vice but is now simply a historic vacation cottage.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

The remains of this ancient fortress atop a manmade hill look as though they were built into a volcano.

This tunnel entrance is built to resemble a grand castle but no one is quite sure why.

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

This pair of eccentric Ohio castles were built by a pair of brothers who wanted to bring a bit of class to the Ohio wilderness.

The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.

A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.