abandoned Gingerbread Castle hamburg nj

[@mustie1]

thanks, the stones were seperate peaces held together with a metal band,

[@mustie1]

thanks for watchin,,,

[@mustie1]

thanks for watchin

[@mustie1]

northern nj has alot type in weird nj and a bunch of stuff will come up,,

[@sherryh7485]

In 1967, several friends and I snuck into the Gingerbread Castle late at night and it was the spookiest experience ever. I froze in fear when one of the boys stumbled back down to the landing after going up to a higher floor. He ran right out thru the opening we'd found to get in and even tho my legs were shaking from adrenilin terror, I fled outside and could hear my friends clambering about in their haste to flee whatever scared them. After we were all out of breath and gathered near the little train tracks, they blamed each other for being the 1st chicken to run when they thought one of the window figures had slightly moved. Remember those days, Johnny, Bobby, Audrey, Debbie, David, Connie, Tink?

[@mustie1]

think it was trying to mate with its reflection

[@mikes.4136]

I still have the pennant that I purchased when my kindergarten class took a field trip to Gingerbread Castle. I was four years old and was like visiting another world. It was my first field trip.

[@MMR45660]

That was pretty cool; I've been there a couple of times but never walked around it like that. We'll have to do that next time. Someone said you both sound like; you know, he's right. You do. I never noticed that before!

[@georgew.w.115]

The round stones are milling stones for milling wheat corn and grains.

[@satajet883]

What a cool place.

[@elll3307]

My friends and I took our kiddies there in the '70's-'80's. I remember us eating freshly baked, warm gingerbread with whipped cream topping. Best we've ever had!

[@wtbm123]

When it was operational i bet it was a cool place,still cool.

[@mustie1]

right, must have been busy

[@1963impala2drWaylonWire]

are the stones not grinding wheels from the grist mills?

[@helenkubicka6329]

Gingerbread Castle was purchased plus land alongside. It is in the process of being refurbished. 4-2019

[@85freeride]

very cool.

[@ajbrown7245]

A slight change in content from your repair video that I watch all the time. Came across this video trying to see pictures or video footage of the castle. I used to go their as a kid. I have some original signs from the castle that he had created replacements and kept the old ones that I am donating back to Sussex county that were found in storage after his passing.

[@cigarcaptain]

Adventure

[@TheShadeTreeFixitMan]

Those stones were the wheels for milling corn, etc from the looks of it. Grist mill?

[@postmann1000]

wow is it so cool! i want it

[@mustie1]

l screwed up think it said wood works,,

[@tissawillians7944]

i worked there several years ago when alice and joe difiglio owned it! worked as bartender/ gretel tour guide.also played rupunzel in plays there...busger poi tdexter and jamie lynn sigler made a movie "campfire stories" all of us were extras in.i re.m ember alice and i worked day and night painting the castles insixe themes stairs etc and makinv stain glass to repair windows.i remember the ghosts there were 3 i saw often.i loved the castle and can tell so much more.i cant believe its abandonded now its sad to see

[@mustie1]

must be sad seeing a place you cared for all run down

[@tissawillians7944]

it is devestating...theee was atroll that sat under bride where tiur began

[@tissawillians7944]

i painted humpty he looksgood lol

[@tissawillians7944]

The buildings behind bar( aka fireworks store)had a petting zoo...2 llamas named milk and chocolate milk and 3 pigs no names...the bar was haunted by a young girl Sarah I heard was her na me and Charley WO was a regular that died belly up to the bar.I saw shadows of both and heard Charley many times get nasty about waiting on his beer and rot gut...lol

[@MadsMagz]

tissa willians that's sick

[@deathrider1974]

very cool

[@marklysogorski4631]

We used to have school trips there when i was a Kid, and I played Weddings there later on.

[@Clematisian]

. . . I remember when my parents took my older brother, Rob, and me here in '61 when we were just 8 & 5 respectively. We still have family photos of the jaunt. There was even a kind of open-air train ride that went around the property. Even my Mom went as a little girl. I wish they could have kept the place up. On our way home, I remember there was a bee-keeper lady, selling different kinds of honey from a table at the roadside. Thanks for the stroll down Memory Lane, mustie1.

[@timothylines3867]

that is a 83 mile river .starts in n j runs out north into the Hudson near kingdom n y. the walkill.

[@mustie1]

we couldent find it but we did some homework with google earth and pinpointed it,

[@Milogarage]

See that? .. Kitty Points mustie1 style ...YES at 1:55 Those stones had grooves that the wheat would slide out of when they grind against each other thanks man Classic mustie1

[@mustie1]

not sure but a bunch have said the same thing,

[@ustinman8446]

My Father would take us their in the 50s. One time on the ferry from Yonkers NY, Hop A Long Cassidy and his horse where on the ferry.Not too far down the Hudson, was Palisades Park, Now that was an Amusement Park. Had the same roll a coaster as Coney Island," The Cyclone".

[@Rosskenpo1]

That's really cool! Hope someone resurrects it someday..

[@richard16372]

Dam neat tour and I really enjoyed it,Thanks my friend.

[@patrickmcneilly4293]

With the your interests in vintage cars, I’m surprised there isn’t a video of you going to Space Farms and looking at the cars that they have in one of the back buildings.

[@motoforlyfe]

Your brother sounds just like you! That's pretty cool, never knew there was something like that in new jersey

[@francinescott5686]

I loved that place! They had a bakery.

[@mustie1]

yep just off rt 23

[@Artsartisan]

It is sad that Gingerbread Castle has been abandoned and is in disrepair. I am 67 now remember when my parents took me to the castle when my brothers and I were little boys. I recall the tour guide telling the little children to not touch the castle - or it would turn to stone. The guides were dressed in period costumes to look as if they were Hansel and Gretel. It would be wonderful if someone were to reopen the castle! Precious memories of a family outing.

[@danceskatehorse]

My memory, too! Do not touch!

[@fuckedoveredbyincest]

thanks i was there when a was very young

[@Sharkyshits]

Live right nexed to it

[@Invisfire777]

Hey I was there last week, why didn't you go inside the plant?

[@hattiem.7966]

Most Germans went to the Midwest or Pa.This area is pretty.A lot of NJ is pretty.

[@wildeyednorthernboy]

would love 2 c that place in its hay day

[@cecil6711]

Neat building. The bugs love your camera :-)

[@BHStudios01]

I seriously miss this place. During the Halloween season, the Castle and the factory worked with the bar across the street, and held one of the BEST haunted castle walk throughs around. They called it, "The GingerDEAD Castle", during that season. Used to scare the living bejeezubs out of me.

[@BHStudios01]

Sorry, have to say it, but it looks like my people were checking out your camera (the bee's). XP

[@CoreyDBecker]

This is really in Hamburg, NJ? Like A few miles from Wayne?

[@bdnproductions6704]

coolio

[@MadsMagz]

I was expecting you to go in it, but still great Video! I'm gonna check out this place soon. At one point a fly was on the camera and I was cracking up xD

[@wolfgangricky]

The round stones were used in the mill to crush the wheat & what not,Not to keep the mill going. Honestly dude, how are they going to keep power going by moving water with a flat round rock ?

[@mustie1]

l was thinkin flywheel at the time dude,,

[@longfordboy2538]

Took my kids here in the '70s Great memories Thank You

[@1ton4god]

That's tragic the parents don't raise their children to not vandalize somebody else's stuff just cuz nobody lives there. The place will be a cool Museum.

[@1963impala2drWaylonWire]

yeah.. thats what they are.. I jus didnt wanna sound like a "know it all" haha.. which.. i am certainly not.. Im just old! haha...

[@northsidediva6465]

I went there as a child! :)

[@231flash]

Where's the airplane crash site or whatever it is?

[@georgegoff8298]

That was not a fly wheel, those were the gtinder wheels for milling the wheat to make the flower.

[@SILVERHORSEGARAGE]

LOL they are illegal in Ohio too, but there is the largest Manufacturer in Ohio I pass every day going to work and they have an outlet store out front.

[@LastTree]

so sad, it was the place to go back then.

[@arlettaricci3897]

It's a shame the Castle is no longer the way it was for children and adults to enjoy!

[@mustie1]

dident take it that way, and will do, do you live right by there

[@zr24X4ROCKS]

it was built by dutch masters back in the 1800'S please dont fuck it up

[@Vollmars]

do cops patrol here?