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Bishop Castle – Rye Colorado
Bishop bought the land for the site for $450 when he was 15, and construction on what was originally intended to be a family project to build a cottage started in 1969. After Bishop surrounded the cottage with rocks, several neighbors noted that the structure looked something like a castle. Bishop took this into consideration and soon began building his castle.
he site has become a tourist attraction, and Roadsideamerica.com devoted a chapter to the castle and rated it “major fun” and describing it as, “one man’s massive-obsessive labor of medieval fantasy construction”.
A song about the castle; called Fire Breathing Dragon, is featured on the 2017 Album, The Castle Builder, by English musician Kid Carpet.
The Meteorite Museum
Peek inside the meteorite vault at Arizona State University where billion-year-old rocks from space give researchers clues about the formation of our solar system. The meteorites survived their journeys through space and the Earth’s atmosphere and were collected around the world to be preserved inside …
On the Bunny Trail: In Search of the Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny, like Santa Claus, is the bringer of gifts on a popular American holiday. Throughout the country, the swift little creature is said to deliver decorated eggs to children on Easter. In some variants of this story, the bunny is even said to lay eggs, presenting a challenge to biology teachers everywhere!
So what’s the story on this odd tradition? Let’s take a look. Click Here
The Wild World of the Creosote Bush
If you are in the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts of western North America, you are never far from a creosote bush. They are medium sized, slow growing shrubs with sprays of compact green leaves, tiny yellow flowers, and fuzzy seeds. Apparently what is thought …
I Waited For You
Beautiful wedding vows! You just have to watch to video and you will be profoundly moved.