Bishop castle

Bishops castle rye Colorado. My great step uncle built this. his name is Jim Bishop who is the brother of Will Bishop who is the uncle of my step father. Jim Bishop is still building on to it

Have you ever wanted to see a castle? Tucked deep in the Colorado mountains, Bishop Castle lays patiently waiting for explorers.

Less than one hour from Pueblo lies one of Colorado’s most bizarre attractions, Bishop Castle. Named after its builder, Jim Bishop, the project started in 1969 when Bishop bought the land for $450 at the age of 15. Originally, this never-ending project was intended to be a cottage, but after remarks about it looking like a castle from passersby and neighbors, Jim let his imagination run wild, building one of the craziest looking structures around.

Visit Bishop Castle, if you dare. This beautiful stone castle was built by one man, and you can climb to the very top, if you're brave enough.

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Every year since 1969, Bishop has single-handedly gathered and set over 1000 tons of rock to create this stone and iron fortress in the middle of nowhere. Bishop calls it "a monument to hardworking people" and "America's biggest, one-man, physical project." "I always wanted a castle. Every man wants a castle," Bishop continues, his voice a broken record, answering the same questions he's obviously been asked thousands of times before. See the full article here

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I've heard about it for years...a crazy castle built at 9000' in the Southern Colorado mountains by an obsessed amateur architect who flouted County regulations and created a tourist destination par excellence. Well, this last weekend, I finally made it--and for once the reality lived up to hype. The bulding is ludicrous and imaginative and very big. It's mind boggling that any one person (with not a whole lot of assistance from what's been written) could have done a building on this scale…

Bishops Castle