For Architectural Digest, by Jenny Bristol.
With their thick walls and iron-clad windows, most of the world’s castles were originally built to keep enemies at bay. Medieval warfare was a thing of the past, though, when castles started to appear in America. These extravagant structures were built not as fortresses but as temples to wealth and power—often by business magnates. Today some are located far from civilization, while others are in the middle of cities. They range fro… (View original article)