Jim Bishop bought a two-and-a-half acre piece of land for $450 in 1959, the same year he dropped out of high school and was told that he would never amount to anything by his English teacher.
Bishop Castle in Colorado is an iconic place that s started out as a one-room stone cottage. Take a look inside the magical Bishop Castle in Colorado.
Jim Bishop bought 150 acres in the San Isabel National Forest in 1959 when he was 15-years-old. Jim and his dad 10 years camping on the land to figure out exactly where they wanted to build the cabin, according to Bishop Castle s website.
What started out as a one-room stone cottage, turned into Bishop Castle. Jim Bishop hauled rocks from highway ditches, hand-dug holes up to 12 feet deep, and made pulleys to hoist things to build his very own castle.