Bannerman Castle

Bannerman's Island Arsenal on the Hudson

Europe isn't the only place with castles on islands. New York has one as well.

Bannerman started a military surplus business after the the American Civil War. He bought the island in 1900 to use as a place to store his growing inventory of munitions. He built the castle to use as a warehouse. Wikipedia has the story. Bannerman Castle Trust offers tours of the place.

Bannerman Castle

Forgotten Weapons got me started.

There is an I-84 that runs north of the castle. It goes west as far as Scranton, New York. There is also an I-84 that runs east out of Portland, Oregon to Salt Lake City, Utah. The two are separated by 1900 miles.

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Château de Costaérès

Château de Costaérès

19th century castle on an island not far from Mont-Saint-Michel. Wikipedia page.

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Château de Costaérès, bottom left
Mont-Saint-Michel, France, bottom center

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Pursuit of Jade - Netflix Series

[ENG SUB] Zhu Yu / Chasing Jade First Trailer | Zhang Linghe, Tian Xiawei
Dawn

Great show. This is another Chinese historical drama / feminist fantasy much like Unveil: Jadewind. This one is more light hearted and includes some comedy. We still have the inscrutable machinations of the Imperial Court operating in the background threatening to visit terror and destruction on our happy little town, but meanwhile everyday life goes on.

Like Unveil: Jadewind, our girl is an orphan. However, this time instead of being a princess our girl is a pig butcher. How she manages to slaughter pigs without messing up her fancy clothes, hair and makeup would be amazing, except, well, this is a fantasy. She also looks to be about 100 pounds soaking wet, but has no problem tackling a horde of thugs. Her father trained her in the martial arts, you know.

We're about half way through and it's been snowing ever since we started, but these folks are really tough, or they have incredibly warm clothes, because nobody ever bothers to shut the windows.

There are 40 episodes and they are releasing one or two a day until the end of the month.