Ancient bricks crumble,
falling from forgotten ages —
mark each new day’s dawning.
I think I may have found this particular castle on Google Maps:
Daily Haiku 2014.04.10 —
Rob's Surf Report
Where the closest ocean is all in my mind . . .
Rob's Surf Report 
That is so cool, Rob ! =) My foxling loved the addition of the map, how awesome is that ! =) Have a great day !
The fact that she enjoyed it? Priceless. I got really curious when I read the description with the picture of Flickr and he said right where it was, so then I was map-hunting it. Glad you enjoyed, perhaps there will be more of these in days to come!
I enjoyed my time living in my wife’s hometown– Yakima has a few “castles”, like the Westhome estate, commonly called Congdon Castle.
I just googled some pictures of it; it’s pretty impressive. We’ve seen a few castle-like homes in Bismarck/Mandan, but nothing on that scale.
The one who commissioned it is the same Chester Congdon who called for the Glensheen Estate to be built in Minnesota.
Supposedly the Congdon family is a seclusive lot– it’s rarely if ever been open to the public, not to mention a niece of the family owns the property now.
Why is it that upon Googling each of these mansions, one of the top hits is a murder story related to that mansion?
Sensationalism, I guess.