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Phoenix Map: Mystery CastleMystery Castle Frommer's Highly Recommended

Hours Thurs-Sun 11am-4pm
Address
800 E. Mineral Rd
Transportation Take Seventh St. south to Mineral Rd. 2 miles south of Baseline Rd
Phone 602/268-1581
Prices Admission $5 adults, $3 children 5-15
Season Closed June-Sept

Frommer's Review

Built for a daughter who longed for a castle more permanent than those built in the sand at the beach, Mystery Castle is a wondrous work of folk-art architecture. Boyce Luther Gulley, who had come to Arizona in hopes of curing his tuberculosis, constructed the castle during the 1930s and early 1940s using stones from the property. The resulting 18-room fantasy has 13 fireplaces, parapets, and many other unusual touches.

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