Bishops Castle in beautiful Colorado!

in #mountains7 years ago

Hey guys I know haven't posted in .. like forever! But I've been gone capturing hopefully good content all around Colorado after I moved from Texas! Hope ya'll enjoy 😁

So to start, this castle was built buy 1 man, and he continues to add onto the building to this day! Some visitors have seen the man working on his masterpiece!!

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Jim Bishop bought the land back in 1969 for just $450. The now "castle" is located in south central Colorado on State Highway 165 in the Wet Mountains of Southern Colorado in the San Isabel National Forest, southwest of Pueblo, Colorado!

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Its magnificent now, but at first, Jim bought the land to build a family cottage. The idea for the castle started when various neighbors noted that a rock structure that he built around his cottage looked similar to that of a castle.

Here you can see that Jim even made underground entrances including a giant "drawbridge" style entrance just threw the tunnels.

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Here is the the small scale idea of the castle! Though it looks much different from Jim's rough draft, the castle is still an amazing piece of art!

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Now I'll take ya'll from beginning to end of my tour of Bishops Castle! Ill show some videos in my next post, so keep an eye out! Enjoy, and have a great week Steemians!!!

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If you're still enjoying the tour, I've got the answer to your question, yes they have a gift shop!!

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Alright guys, thats the end of the tour, for now!! Watch out for my videos of Bishops Castle, there's a huge secret hidden within the castle, and you'll get to learn the most beautiful part of the Castle!

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Wow. What a building.

Crazy what you can do over 40 years lol ill tell you though, it is definitely NOT OSHA approved

Woah!! This is so cool! I had no idea this even existed - thanks for sharing!

Sure thing!! I couldn't believe my own eyes the first time I saw it, it was truly magnificent and worth putting on your bucketlist 😂