I received E-Mail that said:
There is a brand new castle built In the township of Kieler, WI. It is on the south-westernmost piece of land in Wisconsin and you can plainly see it from Dubuque, IA, and while crossing the hy 151-61 bridge between Wisconsin and Iowa.
The castle is about 250 feet above the river. I can see it clearly from my front porch, I live about 1 1/2 miles away directly across the river in Dubuque. From what I hear, It was built by the owner of "Selco", a company that rents portable outhouses to festivals, The guy's main money has been aquired because he owns hundreds of thousands, probably millions of orange cones. He rents the cones to the state(s) and hires the flag people to handle traffic around highway construction sites.
At any rate, people have told me the castle is worth about 3.5 mil. It has a huge wall around it with a "moat" that is actually a swimming pool that overlooks the Mississippi.
It took about 3 years to build.
There is a three story winding staircase inside one of the towers.
The home also has real sets of armour from feudal Europe on display.
It's really quite beautiful and a nice addition to the landscape.
I hear it's on about 5 acres of land.
On 4-11-05, I received E-Mail that said:
I was looking at your castle listings and ran across the one in Kieler, Wisconsin. The house that the person emailed you about is actually in Illinois (East Dubuque) and not in Wisconsin. It is very close to the state line though. The Mansion is clearly visable from the Iowa side of the river but you can't really see to much except the gated drive from in front of the house itself. It is quite impressive sitting on top of the bluff above the Mississippi.
On 3-7-12, I received e-mail that said:
Here is the link to Straka Johnson Architects' page for the Kieler, Wi castle. As for what state it
is in, that is kind of a weird situation. The Castle itself about 200ft inside Wisconsin, but is
located on an offshoot of Hiawatha Drive in East Dubuque, Illinois with the the border not being marked
on the private drive.
Does anyone have any more information about it?
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