HOL 3: And did I mention there was a castle?

I bet you didn't guess there'd be a castle.

On our way between wandering and back-to-home,

we drove toward a sign that said "Magnolia"

and found ourselves driving past a giant castle,

set on the edge of the sea.

We said:

"It will be corny, but the view is good, and we have to pee. Let's go!"

We did not expect to be 

absolutely and completely charmed.

In the midst of just looking at each other in utter bewilderment,

and proffering phrases such as

"Huh, this is really quite something..."

and

"Words I did not expect to say today:

I guess we have to go out and across the drawbridge...",

here is what we found

[in this castle built by a guy to house him and his wife,

her European treasures and his wacky inventor's laboratory 

back in the 1920s]:

Hammond Castle, ladies and gentlemen.

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