Abandoned Castle Ruins in America? Ha Ha Tonka State Park has some very cool castle ruins from the early 1900's.

Go to the 8:00 min mark to see just the castle ruins.

At the beginning of the 1900s, Robert Snyder bought over 5,000 acres and began construction of his dream – a magnificent European-style mansion or “castle”.
Stone masons from Scotland supervised local men hired to quarry the stone, haul it to work site and lay the walls. They built the castle, stable and water tower with sandstone, limestone, walnut, oak and other materials quarried, cut and gathered on the property.
Water Tower - The first four floors were livings quarters for the estate caretaker’s family. A large steel tank on the fifth floor held water for the estate. Vandals burned the interior in 1976. It was reroofed and stabilized in 1999.
By 1906, one year after construction began, Snyder was killed in an automobile accident. The interior of the castle remained unfinished until his sons completed it in 1922.
On Oct 21, 1942 the castle and stable were destroyed by fire. In 1976, the water tower was damaged by fire.
Today, the stark exterior stone walls of the castle, stable and water tower are all that remain of one man’s dream.

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