OK so does anyone have any information on this castle. Its near where hwy 96 crosses over hwy 840. I googled it but no dice.
Too interesting to just pass by.

 

I have driven past it a couple of times and wondered the same thing.

 

its where they hold renfest every year some weird guy thats always dreamt of building a castle for his home...hes been working on it for 20 some odd years

 

buncha weird people dress up medieval style and have a big ol fashioned hoe down of sorts with mead and all the good medieval shit

 

here ya go: http://www.tnrenfest.com/

 

the jousting is cool

 

so its not real!?

 

no.
it's just a festival. but it's pretty fun to go to.

 

a guy and his friend have been building the castle as long as i have lived around trashville since 1995, they hold the""RENASIACE FAIR" at the castle every May for about 2 or 3 weeks. i saw a episode of "TENNESSE CROSSROADS" on WNPT PBS chanel 8 years ago that featured the annual renasiace fair & about the ownerbuilding various aspects of the complicated arch brickwork thqt took him years working on weekends

 

well it's a real castle...just obviously not medieval times...that just wouldnt work out on the whole timeline of the world thing....i still think the biltmore is a much more impressive home....but the unique thing with this castle is the guy isnt remarkably rich or anything...thats why it's taken him so long to get stuff done cause he barters with the stoneworkers glassworkers etc to actually get this stuff fabricated and built...so its definetly a man living his dreams and not having much in the way of means of getting it done