Top 10 Most Impressive Medieval Style Castles in the United States of America

This is a list of the 10 most amazing medieval castles right here in the good ole US of A. This is a list of castles in the United States. Most cannot properly be described as true castles. They are primarily country houses, follies, or other types of buildings built to give the appearance of a castle. They are usually designed in the Gothic Revival, Châteauesque, Romanesque Revival, Scots Baronial or Tudor Revival styles.
10. Montezuma Castle
9. Belvedere Castle
8. Castle Farms
7. Boldt Castle
6. Hammond Castle
5. Castle Gould
4. Bannerman Castle
3. Newman's Castle
2. Loveland Castle
1. Castello Di Amorosa
Despite not being of much historical significance since these castles were built not for defense, but for personal homes, or as entertaining follies, they are fascinating and are well worth a visit, especially if you are in the area.

[@stargatefan10]

I've actually been to several of these. They are all very cool. I always get a kick out of Europeans being all butt hurt about "American Castles". Yes, everyone understands that they aren't "historical castles", but they are still both cool, and fun. Great video. My favorite one from this list is Castle Gould. I visited it once, and it was part of what got me so interested in Medieval History.

[@Dare_To_Game]

Glad you like the video. I want to some day visit them all.

[@calmcg4511]

Not all Europeans are butthurt I’m English and think this is just so amazing

[@tacticalgajan9836]

I always thought that there only forts in america or Mc Donald's Castles

[@Dare_To_Game]

Can't forget White Castle

[@Modgey]

Damn bruh what did New York do to you?

[@kevingouldrup9265]

NY is the armpit of The U.S.!

[@HenryKobyla1407]

I agree with your number 1. I went there for an event when I was out in california, and it was amazing. I’ve been to several castles in Europe since then, and they are also awesome.

[@Dare_To_Game]

I absolutely want to get there some day. I hate california, but it would be worth a visit to see the Castello.

[@Lexi-vl5eh]

Wow, Castello Di Amorosa is so beautiful. That is officially now my dream home

[@Dare_To_Game]

I would kill for that to be my home....like literally.

[@cryptopnoy9115]

I've been there many times.... love it.

[@ShainaThompson949]

I LOVE THIS COMMENTATOR !!! FINALLY HONEST REVIEWS/THOUGHTS!! ❤❤❤❤😊😅

[@therakshasan8547]

You Missed Gillette's castle [ Connecticut , East Haddam/Lyme , USA] Build by Mr William Gillette an American actor that was famed for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes on stage. 1919-1937 . CT. purchased , and made it a park in 1943 for the estimated price of $5,000.00 . {Wikipedia}

[@Dare_To_Game]

I considered it. also very cool.

[@imper_gaming]

This is a great list, Nico. I haven’t been to any of these, but I’m sure they’re all worth visiting. Although not castles themselves, I can highly recommend the Spanish monastery in Miami, FL and the Spanish fort (Castillo de San Marcos) in St. Augustine, FL. The former is the oldest structure in the western world and the latter is in the oldest (or one of the oldest) European settlements in the United States.

[@Dare_To_Game]

I would absolutely love to visit them, and well i am at it, i have also never been to the Alamo.

[@debbiewilhelm6018]

Love your commentary!!

[@laurencerosania5261]

Hammond Castle’s location - Gloucester, MA - is pronounced “glosster” . It is named for a truly medieval town, Gloucester in the southwest of England, also pronounced glosster .

[@spartankongcountry6799]

This is very interesting. Your commentary is also spot on.

[@josephatnip2398]

Okay when a guy with a Kermit the frog voice says suck it Europe I just about lost my sh*t I laughed so hard

[@SteelWolf13]

Castle by deffinition is a "fortified living structure." Sooo #1 fits :) And you even slightly covered it.

[@OmegaLittleBob]

definitely gonna have to visit Castello Di Amorosa at some point :D

[@carinasmirnoff1780]

I would love to get married at some of these, they are so beautiful. Awesome list. i think my favorite is Boldt Castle.

[@Dare_To_Game]

Boldt is a really cool location.

[@caleb-hines]

Hold up... John Hammond had a laboratory castle before building Jurassic Park? That man spared no expense!

[@schwengalanga8296]

What's so bad about New York City?

[@jymmid.8278]

No Biltmore?

[@jialongsun4158]

Nice new intro!

[@Dare_To_Game]

I'm glad someone noticed. I figured since i wasn't calling the channel Dare to Game anymore, a new intro would be appropriate.

[@kgamer121]

Which castle is depicted at 0:55 ?

[@gamevalor]

Castello Di Amorosa is beautiful. Some of these castles look authentic.

[@bw208]

Good video. My only hang up is, I would rather see a larger viewing screen and less cyber Kermit logo thingy taking up a 3rd of the screen.

[@leipezeeolifant1276]

I know "medieval" america north and south where not like europe but still its cool and i know that the castles where buuld later than the medieval times but there nice so i dont know where the hate on this vid comes from

[@Dare_To_Game]

Some people are very defensive about buildings.

[@leipezeeolifant1276]

@@Dare_To_Game yes but like what for its useless bullsh*tting bout it

[@ColonelMarcellus]

More castle, less Kermit The Frog. Only a small portion of the viewing area is devoted to the presentation; the rest is Kermit and a gaudy frame.

[@supermichael9857]

Wasn’t Castle Gould used in Smallville?

[@jonahcowans9073]

There was a castle that had 16 story walls all of which deteriorated over time the family who originally owned the fortress castle still owns it and there’s a forest around it I just can’t remember the name of it

[@aidanwhite1085]

1:02 Corvins Castle if anyone was wondering

[@wandererpyepoudre744]

i have been to Boldt - Bannermans excellent for UE'rs

[@katydid1955]

Looks nice but could not listen due to the background music while you're talking - too distracting

[@Ares_gaming_117]

have you seen the chicago water tower?

[@Dare_To_Game]

Yes, it is pretty nifty.

[@teamhunter730]

Was think cinderella‘s castle is alright but I wouldn’t want it to be my first chaste I visit being likely that it would then to find out the next chaste Castello De Amorosa is only a drive away.

[@utahjonnymontana8698]

Hey I just wanna Newman’s castle couldn’t find a bad review I was hoping to pick that bad boy up for $2.50 I wanted a castle what’s up with that my dreams are gone now

[@007NowOnline]

*Surprised you didn't list the Saint Augustine castle...... or maybe that's a fort technically 🤔.*

[@SteelWolf13]

#1 wonder how many toddlers walked off the edge.

[@earlkeith4135]

Kentucky Castle??? Martin Castle/ Castle Post

[@dominic6634]

The Vinyard one is probably the best

[@spilledinfinity8652]

"hey is that the michael jackson place?" "no no, dont worry, it's just the secluded fortress of a single middle aged excentric boy scout leader and his troop of young boys."

[@giorgoskatsarakis9652]

If it's in the us then it isn't medieval. Also, holy shit you do sound like Kermit

[@josegarcia-6475]

I want them alll

[@cntryboy_corb]

When I get rich… I’ll have me a castle built.

[@scronx]

"The garbage pile of a city known as New York" -- ROFL ROFL ROFL! I always enjoyed being there when living in the area before 1992, but it was in spite of itself and I doubt I would today! Kudos on including this controversial opinion where ppl are least expecting it ;-)

[@ShainaThompson949]

#6 Looks like grain silos ... i didn't like that one...

[@Zanenoth]

Bishop Castle built by one man in colorado

[@jonahcowans9073]

American reporting in. There are real castles in America you just have to search for them. There were a couple of real castles on this list but I’m looking for something rare

[@magnolia8626]

Funny how many of the castles were built by men for their wives, but the wives were like "Ew, it's ugly!"

[@Dare_To_Game]

The moral of that story is apparently women don't think castles are as cool as men.

[@magnolia8626]

@@Dare_To_Game Lol yes apparently 😂 There's a guy in Pakistan who built a castle for his wife. Unfortunately, the castle overlooked a cemetery. And the wife was too scared to live there thinking the castle would be haunted 🤦‍♀️

[@demongod1752]

I was always told there aren't any by my teacher's all the way up to the 12th grade

[@Leejahstar]

who build them.. can be the white man

[@anitasantos7198]

Can you show the inside?

[@user-ys4qr2su5p]

Prehispanic castles in the American Continent are from Mexico to Bolivia

[@eduardoramos3577]

@Warlightor The only country with a real castle in the Americas is Mexico. Castillo de Chapultepec.

[@MercifiesProductions]

RIP Castello di Amorosa

[@Dare_To_Game]

Its still mostly there, it just lost the farmhouse containing all the wine, and some other stuff.

[@colbunkmust]

No Hearst Castle? Definitely should be on the list.

[@diamonddigs6206]

Hearst Castle looks more like a mission or a church

[@colbunkmust]

@@diamonddigs6206 from the outside, yes, but there are a number of rooms on the inside which are based on late medieval and Renaissance architecture.

[@colbunkmust]

@Adversary American what you described the Hearst Castle as is what the vast majority of habitated "castles" in Europe are.

[@colbunkmust]

@Adversary American Bad example, Windsor Castle was built in the 11th century by William the Conqueror and the original stone motte and much of the later medieval fortifications still stand. Your "No true Scotsman" logical fallacy is even less effective if your knowledge on the subject matter is so lacking. The english word "castle" has multiple meanings and translations from other languages. In German for example, "castle" could be translated as 'schloss', 'burg', 'festung', 'kastell', or 'turm'.

[@colbunkmust]

@Adversary American Your own ignorance on the history of Windsor Castle doesn't effect how anyone else perceives whether it is a defined as a castle or not. Merriam Webster definition of "castle": 1a : a large fortified building or set of buildings b : a massive or imposing house How many of the 10 American castles in the video fit the first definition? Maybe one. All the rest are the second definition. As I've said before the "no true Scotsman" argument doesn't work for describing a word that has multiple definitions.

[@benjaminmcclelland2464]

Couldnt the white house be considered a castle? It is a defendable home.

[@Dare_To_Game]

It is probably the best example of a modern castle.

[@benjaminmcclelland2464]

@Adversary American what? No not necessarily. Just because it doesn't have big fancy walls and metichulations doesn't mean its not a castle. A castle in the literal sense is a home, that is also a military fortress, or a dependable home. It could also be a palace since it is the official home of a sovereign, but that doesn't mean it isn't a castle.

[@benjaminmcclelland2464]

@Adversary American it doesnt need walls. Plenty of historical medieval castles didnt have walls and were only a keep. And believe me, I have been inside the white house, that thing has plenty of defenses.

[@benjaminmcclelland2464]

@Adversary American a castle is a defensive home. It doesn't *need* to have walls or crenelations or metichulations. Just because the disney castle has them doesnt mean that other castles need to have them.

[@Zanenoth]

No because that's not an accurate definition of a castle. He's using a very loose definition of the word. The fact he knows what machicolations and crenelations are he knows what the correct definition is. Keep, with a wall, highest defendable area, inner Bailey. Several wooden forts with the Mott and bailey style fit this definition and were the first castles.

[@caldooo]

Medieval only by looks would be more accurate

[@MBKill3rCat]

A bunch of tacky tourist traps for the most part. Go to Europe if you like castles. The last one is actually pretty cool though, tbf.

[@MBKill3rCat]

@Warlightor Castle-esque. By that you presumably mean primarily 18th and 19th century forts. Very cool in their own right, but castles they are not.

[@prosimian]

There were no castles in built in America during the medieval era

[@Leejahstar]

bullshit

[@patricksmith2274]

I'm not surprised this narrator chose the castle with a winery number one, he's probably an alcoholic!!!! LOL

[@carolrocky9803]

14:15 TX -

[@camerontodd3636]

one day I will beat your list

[@davidwayne9982]

I AGREE with you--- I HATE cities-- all of them..

[@Dare_To_Game]

A fellow man of culture.

[@Minecratify]

"castles"

[@steelman86]

No HEARST CASTLE MENTIONED.? Shame on you!

[@jimmylarge1148]

I saw ted nugent at castle farms. Jus sayin.

[@Dare_To_Game]

Reason enough to love it.

[@jimmylarge1148]

@@Dare_To_Game and kid rock. 😂 it is cool af there for sure. Extremely random tho. Little ass charlevoix all the sudden there’s a pimp Castle out of nowhere.

[@octaviussludberry9016]

There are no Medieval castles in America.

[@Leejahstar]

who build them

[@octaviussludberry9016]

@@Leejahstar Nobody built them, because there aren't any.

[@Leejahstar]

@@octaviussludberry9016 what kind of buildings are they and who built them

[@ShainaThompson949]

I agree! New York Blows! 😅❤

[@Feniferous]

LA is worse off looking city compared to NY

[@Voxdalian]

Maybe just "in America" would have been better as a title than "right here in America", because a lot of your viewers might not be American, so it'd not be "right here" for them. And the thing about those American castles is that most of them probably never saw battle and were not even have been built with actual battle in mind, just the look of a medieval castle. A castle that wasn't meant to defend against invaders is just a stylised palace, no actual castle.

[@Dare_To_Game]

Its "right here" for me though, and i don't know of many Europeans that would come to America to see these castles when they could just go to some where they live.

[@Voxdalian]

@@Dare_To_Game True, I look outside my window and see one, and pass by another if I walk 2 km, but that doesn't mean we can't be interested in the video at least.

[@gamevalor]

If it was made in European (or other) style with staple features of a medieval or Renaissance castle then it can be called a castle even if it wasn't used in battle. It doesn't have true medieval historical background though.

[@Voxdalian]

@@gamevalor The battle itself isn't so important, many castles around where I'm from didn't ever see battle either, but they were built to defend against a siege with the purpose of defence, that's what makes them castles. A castle is by definition a building with the dual purpose of housing the owner (usually a lord) and defending against invaders. If either of those two purposes wasn't there it's not a castle.

[@gamevalor]

@@Voxdalian yes the built for defense is important, to what degree that varies. It doesn't need to have every defensive feature. The US never had a medieval period like Europe so they are inspired with no need for practicality.

[@patricksmith2274]

Here we go again a hater who's hating on New York. #GTFOH

[@user-yr7mf3fr3e]

Ah America has no culture lol

[@user-yr7mf3fr3e]

@Warlightor haha you are a funny guy. It is the most cultured place on Earth

[@user-yr7mf3fr3e]

@Warlightor take the piss somewhere else mate, if they were so cultured they wouldn’t label themselves as anything else but Americans 😂

[@user-yr7mf3fr3e]

@Warlightor that’s other peoples cultures. Get your own I would say

[@user-yr7mf3fr3e]

@Warlightor america has both little history and culture. The fact my local pub is older than your country says it all. The real American culture is with the natives

[@user-yr7mf3fr3e]

@Warlightor get off it. Your culture nowadays is getting offended 😂

[@feldschlange]

after montezuma castle it just became a cringy collection of american tourist-traps or attempts at overcompensating a lack of local history before the seventeenth century, by building overrated, inhabitable movie-sets...

[@Aaron-pe7xk]

Tour traps for sure, but I never understood why Europeans think we try to overcompensate for local history. Sure we do lack that pre-1700 history, but that's why we celebrate our diverse heritages. (And besides, our post-1700 history is pretty interesting).

[@Dare_To_Game]

Perhaps Europeans are overcompensating for their lack of interesting post 1700s History.

[@feldschlange]

@@Dare_To_Game sure- after 1700 we all went to bed over here - hands above the sheets ofcourse. We only got up when america came ringing our doorbell for whatever reason 😅

[@colbunkmust]

Yeah, because rich Europeans and Africans and Asians didn't build and renovate enormous palatial estates in their own respective nations...

[@perdedor3571]

I've lived in both Europe and the US. Trust me Europe sucks more.