Colorado has many beautiful castles. We will visit three of them: Cherokee Castle, Miramont, and Glen Eyrie. You will need to get tickets in advance for Cherokee Castle and Glen Erie.

Cherokee Castle 

   If you want to see a 15th-century Scottish castle, you don't have to go to Scotland as there is one just south of Denver. Cherokee Castle is an architectural masterpiece, less than 100 years old, but built in the style of a medieval manor. The castle's beautiful rooms are filled with art and artifacts of all kinds, from period furniture and other antiques to Royal family and other valuable paintings of long ago to weapons and a suit of armor even older. The setting is as magnificent as the house, high on a promontory by itself with unparalleled mountain views. Fortunately for us, the last owner, a most unusual woman with a life story as unique as her home, left it to a foundation that offers public tours. This is a tour you will long remember. 

 Glen Eyrie Castle

 Near Colorado Springs is Glen Eyrie, built in the English Tudor style in 1871 by General Palmer, an early railroad magnate. This large castle also has a gorgeous forested setting surrounded by the huge red rock formations the Colorado foothills are noted for. It is now owned by the Navigators Christian organization and used as a meeting and conference center, but it is open for tours by all. In fact, if you'd like you can even reserve a room in the castle for the most unusual "hotel" stay.

Miramont Castle

   Finally, in Manitou Springs, a town just west of Colorado Springs, we will visit Miramont Castle, built-in 1895 by a wealthy French Catholic priest (At one time his father had been the ambassador to Moscow). He had earlier worked in CA and NM, but, as did many others, came to the Colorado Springs area in hopes of improving his health with the dry, clear mountain air and the mineral spring water for which Manitou Springs is still famous. The castle is now operated as a museum and is said to be haunted.
While that is uncertain, it is certain that you will be able to sample the mineral water, which is freely available at numerous public fountains in town.