Fairhope Storybook Castle Media

Chapter 1 Video

From HGTV’s Extreme Homes to Ananda Lewis and local news, Fairhope’s Storybook Castles have been featured repeatedly. We are delighted to be able to collect and share some of our favorites with you here.

This breathtaking drone footage, put together for us by Epic-Drones in 2023, is best viewed full screen.

Cover Image for WKRG News Story about the castles in 2022

Click Above to Watch the Latest
WKRG News 5 with Rose Ann Haven

Cover image for APT Excerpt A Fair Hope
Click above to watch an excerpt from A Fair Hope by APT
Cover for WEAR News 3 Video
Click above to watch WEAR TV 3 News
Cover for Extreme Homes Sheldon Castle Video
Click above to watch Extreme Homes Pt. 1 Sheldon Castle
Video Absolutely Alabama
Click above to watch Absolutely Alabama
Cover Pic for Offbeat America Video
Click above to watch Offbeat America
Cover for Extreme Homes Mosher Castle Video
Click above to watch Extreme Homes Pt. 2 Mosher Castle

Chapter 2 Photogrpahy

As we collect and sort the hundreds of photos taken at the Storybook Castles, please stay tuned to this section. We’ll begin our gallery here.

Mosher  Castle  Photos

Mosher Castle Complex
Mosher Castle 1983
Outside Mosher Castle
Inside Mosher Castle

Boom Castle  Photos

Boom Castle Complex Including Gatehouse
Boom Castle Before
Outside Boom Castle

Coming Soon!

  Inside Boom Castle:

Chapter 3 Press

Countless stories and articles have been written about the Fairhope Castles and Craig Sheldon, who started it all. We’ll collect as many as we can here for your enjoyment. Links, where possible, will open to original articles on a new page. Others links open in .PDF format. In either case, closing the window will return you to this page. We hope you enjoy our written history, preserved in these pages beyond what visual tours can provide.

Fairhope's Castles & The Shire

Mobile Bay Magazine:
Explore 9 Fascinating Roadside Attractions
by Emmett Burnett | February 18, 2022


Doing More Today:
Good Towns: Fairhope, Alabama 
By Doug Segret | January 13, 2022


Only In Your State:
This Hidden Alabama Castle Looks Like Something Out Of A Fairy Tale
By Jennifer Young | September 11, 2016


Southern with a Gulf Coast Accent:
Life in the Fairhope Castle 
by Leslie Ann Tarabella | March 16, 2016

Mosher Castle & the Mosher Family

Bowing to the Future:
Fantasy Author Visits Storybook Castle
by Lou Anders | January 5, 2015


Mobile Bay Magazine: Nature’s Playground
Dean Mosher and Fairhope Artisans in Gautier, MS
by Kathie Farnell | May 2013


Mobile Bay Magazine:
Princess Aerial
by Megrez Ravel Mosher | June 2013


Photo Blog:
Fairhope Castle Photos
by Galen Fry Singer

Sheldon Castle & Craig Sheldon

Al.com – Alabama Life & Culture:
Alabama’s Most Popular Airbnb is in a Castle
by Michelle Matthews | January 22, 2021
More About the Castle BnB Suite Here


The Fairhope Store Blog
Knee Deep in Fly Creek with Sheldon
by Megrez Mosher | January 21, 2015


Artist Corner:
Craig Sheldon
by Teth Burns


Fairhope Courier
Nontraditionalist Remembered
by Val Webb | June 22, 2005


AL.com
History Museum Features Local Satirists
by Russ Henderson | March 15, 2001


Republish of:
FlyCreek Shoeshine Photo 1949
Submitted by Butch Sheldon

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