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The Story Behind Mystery Castle

February 14th, 2012

Mystery Castle
A Phoenix Point of Pride and an Arizona landmark, Mystery Castle is an architectural must-see on any trek through the Valley of the Sun. A dream house of sorts, the castle was built over a period of fifteen years by a man who wanted to create a caste for his daughter. In 1930 Boyce Luther Gulley contracted tuberculosis in Seattle and, consequently, decided to leave his wife and small daughter so they would not catch the deadly disease. Upon leaving, he decided to build the...

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