I’ll let you decide.
While out exploring one day we came across this purple castle.
We turned on a road
just before the castle so we didn’t get a really good look at it. On the next road we came across this barn
with some large carvings.While out exploring one day we came across this purple castle.
This plaque was on the
barn wall:
Bandy is the last name of the owner who built the houses
and structures around his Trollhaven. He
is also responsible for all of the carvings.
Mr. Bandy invented a door hinge that is used in most
modern commercial airplanes and sold them to Boeing (among others). During his frequent visits to Boeing in
Seattle, he became enamored with the countryside and discovered the land that
he later purchased near Sequim. He built his home and the other structures, mistakenly
thinking that they would be appreciated by everyone.
But some neighbors did not appreciate his originality,
nor the traffic. To appease them, he
built the community a beautiful two-storied fire station, modeled after a
Moorish castle. That cooled everyone
down except the original people who had spearheaded the complaint. In spite of court findings that his creations
complied with all state and county ordinances, they continued to harass him.
The purple castle titled “The Gatekeeper’s Castle” was designed
and built from a dream. Summer rental -
$800 per night, minimum 2 nights (5 bedrooms 2 1/2 baths).
This beautiful beast is real.
Trollhaven is also a working farm.
After seeing the large carvings we really weren’t paying
much attention to our surroundings until we realized all the fence post were also
carvings.
We ended up driving around twice because we had missed
some of the carved fence posts. These are not all of the fence post, just some of my favorites:
We saw several beautiful houses while driving around and, after some research, found that they are also part of TrollHaven. Some of the houses and land are for sale, some can be rented and some are occupied.
So, creepy or cool? I found the carvings so cool I wanted to take
pictures of every one of them! Mr. Bandy
is quite talented.
Teri
Not creepy! My kind of cool.... Of course my favorite was the bald eagle... but It would be fun to stay there... however... $800 a night is WAY out of my budget!
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