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The Most Beautiful Castles You Can Visit in the United States

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Iolani Palace

The island's last two monarchs lived in it from 1882 to 1893, but it later fell into disrepair—until it was renovated and reopened in 1978.

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Bannerman Castle (New York)

A fire destroyed it in 1969, leaving it to become the ruins you see today in the middle of the Hudson River in Beacon, New York.

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Castello di Amorosa

It took 15 years to build this 13th-century replica of a Tuscan castle, located in the middle of California's Napa Valley. The wait was worth it: It's a huge tourist attraction today, offering tours and wine tastings.

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Montezuma Castle

The Sinagua people built this 20-room castle on a cliff approximately 800 years ago in what is known today as Camp Verde, Arizona.

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Lyndhurst Mansion

Located in Tarrytown, New York, this 1838 mansion overlooking the Hudson River is one of the country's best examples of Gothic Revival architecture

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Hearst Castle

Newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst built this Julia Morgan-designed castle in San Simeon, California, to serve as his private residence.

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Boldt Castle

In 1900, the owner of New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel, George C. Boldt, built this 120-room castle for his wife, Louise, on an island in the St. Lawrence River in Alexandria

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Fonthill Castle

Henry Chapman Mercer, an archaeologist, artifact collector, and tilemaker, built this beauty in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, from 1908 to 1912.

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