Video: Castle Island - Backyard Baroque
Junction City, Kansas
This place was totally unexpected, hidden in the trees in Don Kracht's backyard. Dementia Concretia, yes. But Don is a smart guy, a retired high school math teacher who used his ample spare time to build an amazing personal Medieval world -- stone castle on his man-made island, wooden palace, waterfalls, promenades, landscaping, dungeon...
The video is accompanied by J. Speer's "Backyard Baroque," composed for our Castle Island siege. [2:40]
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