Bishop's Castle 2009

We took a trip to Bishop's Castle and Lake San Isabel in colorado and this is a must watch video if you have not been here. It was all hand built by ONE man!

History of Bishop's Castle:

Bishop Castle is a one-man construction project situated in the Rocky Mountains of Southern Colorado near Fairview in Custer County. The castle is named after its constructor, Jim Bishop.At the age of 15, Jim Bishop assumed ownership (under the little-known law of laches) of a 2.5-acre (10,000 m2) plot of land outside of Pueblo, Colorado. Ever since then, he has been battling local and state government over ownership.

Construction on the castle did not begin until 1971, when Bishop began construction on a large cistern, which he decided to surround with rocks. Several neighbors noted that the structure looked something like a castle. Bishop took this into consideration and soon began building his castle.
Construction on the castle continues today with the addition of a ballroom, a dragon shaped furnace, a chapel, and several complete fireplaces.

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[pineconeychrista]

hey look its my butt!!! :D

[Gell1welt69]

It looks frightning on Youtube...... cant imagine how creepy it has to be walking around in that thing for real.

It looks like it would fall apart every second O.O

[barrelracer10000]

I dont live far from their and its always fun to go see how things are going.

[sachsebaseball6]

Good Description. however u left out the fact he didn't do this all by himself... he has lost friends who dies helping him making the castle

[MrAreyouready2]

one day ill make it to the top yesterday i went almost fell off the thing.... hit my head on the bell cus i forgot it was there in the tower :P kinda hurt

[gottamake8]

Dude you should see that place during Halloween, the whole castle is a huanted house. It's the only night that its open, but Jim has Flames coming out the dragons mouth it's pretty cool and he has almost finished the mout that he is digging around it, it's pretty awesome, scary, but awesome lol.

[LOLO21sssd]

4:22 best shot of the video.