![]() There is a fee to enter the castle, with discounts for children. Visit its corridors and chambers to see its range of historic artifacts and quirky works of art. Take photos of the hodgepodge exterior of this unlikely castle. It also contained an old valentine card that Mary Lou had sent her father when she was seven years old. Note that mother and daughter obliged and waited until New Year’s Day of that year, before finding inside a portrait photograph of their father in his final year along with a pair of letters, some gold ore and two $500 bills. One particular trap door had a note asking them to refrain from opening it until 1948. Learn how certain trap doors and secret niches revealed prizes and treasures for Mary Lou, who began giving tours of the castle with her mother. He embarked on the castle construction, using unusual materials such as goat milk, adobe and calcium and only informed his daughter Mary Lou about the structure on his deathbed in 1945. Take a guided tour of the castle to learn about its intriguing properties and the story behind its construction.Ĭhat with the docent about Boyce Luther Gulley, who learned he was suffering from tuberculosis in the 1930s and moved from Seattle to Phoenix. He used low-grade materials and whatever was lying around. It was built in secret for his daughter by a man who learned he had developed tuberculosis. ![]() With its crumbling exterior and rich history, the Mystery Castle is an unexpected treat at the foot of South Mountain Park. A doting father built this castle full of surprises in his final years as a secret love letter to his daughter. ![]()
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