A man determined to prove his English teacher wrong at the age of 15 went on to build a stunning stone and stained glass castle in Rye, Colorado. In 1959 Jim Bishop decided to drop out of high ...

According to the family, he handled each stone in the castle around six times before putting it in its final place. After 60 years of building, Jim stopped working on the castle and now resides in ...

Bishop Castle started with 15-year-old Jim Bishop who paid $450 for a two-and-a-half-acre piece of land in 1959. His father helped him build a small stone cottage on the land, but once locals put ...

James “Jim” Roland Bishop began building his monumental stone castle high atop a hillside in the forest of the Wet Mountains in 1969 on land in rural Custer County that he purchased ten years ...

The Stone Castle began to show its age in the late ... “The architecture is no doubt unique and adds to the mystique of the building,” said Jim Butcher, a 1967 Tennessee High graduate who ...

Experts say the finding sheds light on the details of how castle-building methods developed during the rule of Hideyoshi (1537-1598), who unified war-torn Japan. The stone wall, which is 1.8 ...

Two stone castles flanking each side of the iron entry ... It took about three years to build. Semon’s custom woodwork is evident on fireplace mantels, furniture and more.