American castles and palaces you didn't know existed

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Thornewood Castle - Lakewood, Washington -

Chester Thorne, one of the founders of the Port of Tacoma, bought a manor in England and shipped every brick to Lakewood to build a castle for his wife. Thornewood Castle is known as "the house that love built."

 

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Marble House - Newport, Rhode Island -

This Gilded Age mansion inspired by the Petit Trianon château at Versailles was completed in 1892. Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt were the owners.

 

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Marble House - Newport, Rhode Island -

It features 500,000 cubic feet of marble, hence the name. It really looks grand!

 

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Singer Castle - Chippewa Bay, New York -

Built in the 20th century, this castle on Dark Island was formerly known as "The Towers" and "Dark Island Castle." It boasts 28 rooms, numerous artifacts, and secret passageways!

 

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Fonthill Castle - Doylestown, Pennsylvania -

Fonthill Castle was completed in 1912 and became the home of archaeologist and tile maker Henry Chapman Mercer. Its rooms are filled with hand-crafted ceramic tiles.

 

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Kentucky Castle - Versailles, Kentucky -

Set in the Kentucky blue hills, this castle is truly magnificent. Built in 1969, it now operates as a hotel.

 

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Curwood Castle - Owosso, Michigan -

Curwood Castle was built in 1922 by author James Oliver Curwood next to his home on the banks of the Shiawassee River. Inspired by Norman French chateaus, the castle is now a museum.

 

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Castle in the Clouds - Moultonborough, New Hampshire -

Built in 1913 by shoe manufacturing mogul Tom Plant, this historic mansion didn't open to the public until the 1950s.

 

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Montezuma Castle - Camp Verde, Arizona -

Established in 1906 on a cliff in Camp Verde, Arizona, Montezuma Castle National Monument is a unique example of Native American culture. It protects a set of dwellings built and used by the pre-Columbian Sinagua people sometime between 1100 and 1425.

 

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Ha Ha Tonka Castle ruins - Camdenton, Missouri -

Located in the Ha Ha Tonka State Park, these ruins belong to a castle built between 1905 and 1922. The European-style castle was built by Kansas City businessman Robert Snyder.

 

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Victoria Beach Castle - Laguna Beach, California -

A castle on a beach in Southern California? Well, sort of. Also known as "Pirate's Castle," this is a tower built in 1926 into a cliffside. It's still worth a visit though!