The Dwarf Castle, Alpharetta, Georgia

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From the Atlas Obscura website:

Not many, besides fairy tale Princesses, get to live in a castle and you certainly don’t find many castles in this affluent exurb of northern Georgia. But one truck driver decided to change that.

According to the county, the house was begun in 1950 and was built by Rudy and Ruth McLaughlin. Rudy was a long-haul truck driver who told his wife he would build her a castle – and did! It was heavy work – mortar and concrete for the roof was lifted in five-gallon buckets.

The home is surrounded by a wrought iron fence and features gnomes – though some call them dwarfs and hence the name – guarding the lawn. A swimming pool surrounding the castle doubles as a moat. The two-bedroom house is a little over 1400 square feet and has two garages. The garages are only accessible via a drawbridge.

As this is a private home, it is not open for tours–but it is still quite a curiosity to behold from the road.

Know Before You Go

The best place to park is off Summerhill Drive at the neighborhood pool parking lot. You can then walk down to the right to get a closer look.

SOURCE: ATLASOBSCURA

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    1. hiya kea!
      hubby showed me a video the other morning. it was a doe and her fawn. they were walking together and then mama stopped and sniffed the air. smelled something she didn’t like and she made a noise. combination snort/grunt thing. that fawn DROPPED to the ground and made itself small–curled into a little ball and stayed there (head kind of hidden). Mama investigated what she smelled and only when she came back and nudged it, did the fawn get up and join her again. amazing stuff.
      not a comfort when the doe is attacking you though

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        1. this is unfortunately why farmers some times run them over–if mom deposited them in a field and a farming is running equipment in the field the fawn will not move and tragedy happens

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