![]() Compiled contributions on Dupont Castle suggest that the castle was built in 1921 and the interior marble work and style certainly suggests that is accurate. Still, the outside structure is still beautiful as is the interior. Now unfortunately it is frequently vandalized and not maintained at all. However, that too didn’t last forever and eventually the property gave way to disuse. The castle of course stayed standing and eventually the property was purchased by the masons who in turn turned it into a masonic retreat. However as time went by it didn’t have the level of livelihood required to maintain the village and everything just went away, people included. Selma Hall, or 'Kennetts Castle.' is located four miles south of Festus and one mile east of Highway 61. Originally the area was actually a small village with its own post office and everything. White Otter Castle is an elaborate three-story log dwelling that was built on the shore of White Otter Lake, near Ignace, Ontario by eccentric hermit James Alexander 'Jimmy' McOuat. While we were snapping photos of the surrounding scenery were lucky enough to meet one of the local groundskeepers who has been living in the area for 20 years and visiting it for over 40, he was kind enough to relay his knowledge of the castle to us. The castle is 64 km north of Atikokan and is accessible by snow machine, plane, boat, and of course by canoe. On top of that I scored some sweet bourbon from a prohibition era distillery in nearby Roscoe NY and met a couple of fellow urbexers! However today all of that changed and we managed to visit the castle, walk its grounds, and wander around inside of it. ![]() ![]() Once before I had made the trip to check out this castle, but poor logistics and wary groundskeepers had made the visit a brief one that resulted in my not getting to explore it in the manner that I wanted to. Poenari Castle is located on the right side of the Transfgran road in Arge County, on a cliff near the Fgra Mountains. ![]()
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