Wacky Castle House

November 5, 2005 by AndrewH | 8 comments




wacky castle house

Originally uploaded by inkblurt.

Last time I visited my folks, on my drive between their place up around Canton, GA, and the Atlanta airport, I ran across this strange castle-like house, tucked in the midst of semi-rural suburbs.
I’m dying to know what the heck this thing is.
It appears to have a moat around it, because in the front there’s a railing that looks like it goes into a pool (from my vantage point outside the gate, it was hard to tell).
Out back, it has a weird little smaller castle house like a pool house, maybe? And some creepy cartoonish character sculptures.
It must not be a very new house, because it has a gigantic TV antenna sprouting from one of the conical roofs. (I forgot the word for those things.)
There are a few more pics in the flickr stream, linked from the picture.
(Edit: See the new info on the house in this post)


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8 comments

  1. Troy Worman’s avatar

    Troy Worman on November 8, 2005 at 9:53 pm

    Wacky, yes. Creepy, yes. But the word that comes to my mind is disturbing. What the hell is going on there?

    Now, you are going to have to find out. Or employ another. You can’t throw something like this at us and hand an indefinite question mark off of it.

    Inkblurt is a very cool blog and I love it!

  2. El Gray’s avatar

    El Gray on November 9, 2005 at 6:24 pm

    I have seen the castle house. Isn’t it kinda near Roswell? I forget where, exactly. I’ve only been by it once, when I first moved here.

    Googlemap that thing!

  3. AndrewH’s avatar

    AndrewH on November 10, 2005 at 4:34 pm

    see my new post … i found it in google earth.

  4. Lori’s avatar

    Lori on September 7, 2006 at 10:46 am

    My hubby is from Roswell and took me to see this place. Our kids LOVE it. It’s cool as a fan!

  5. Casey’s avatar

    Casey on September 14, 2008 at 6:47 pm

    I work with the owner’s neice (the McLaughlin family). This castle house was built years ago as a result of the man’s promise to build a castle for his wife. The drawbridge really works over the moat to drive into the garage.

    I was told that the inside of the house is also decked out like a castle. The couple is elderly and apparently are irritated by the gawkers who pull into their driveway to take pictures.

    I was told that on several occasions, apparently forgein vistors to the US think it is an amusement park of some type and have brought their kids to tour the property.

  6. Gooch’s avatar

    Gooch on April 18, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    This isn’t in Canton..its in Alpharetta, GA, close to Marietta.

  7. Charlie’s avatar

    Charlie on April 24, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    The castle is true fun, inside and out. The owners are very kind, please do not disturb them. There is nothing strange going on there other than simple life. The castle is an example of taking a dream and making it real.

  8. Troy Worman’s avatar

    Troy Worman on October 21, 2009 at 5:21 pm

    Thanks, Charlie. There you go.

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