Our visit to Singer Castle in the Thousand Islands!

Nic and I decided to relax this weekend after all the stress we have endured the past couple weeks.  We needed to get out of the house and away from the reminders.  So on Sunday we went up to Alexandria Bay, NY in the Thousand Islands - where Nic used to live 3 years ago before his deployment to Afghanistan.  We bought tickets from Uncle Sams Boat Tours to ferry us to Singer Castle.  The only castle we had not yet visited, since we have visited Boldt Castle a handful of times and could see it from Nic's old house.

Singer Castle was built in 1902 by the President of Singer Sewing Machines after reading Woodstock and inspired by the castle with the secret passageways and spy holes.  If you are ever in the area, I highly recommend visiting this amazing house!  I was not able to take photos inside the castle or I would have shown you the secret passageways and stairs, how the servants went about the house unseen by guests.  I would have shown you the product in the sport room that had a box you sat in with lights around it, your head peeked out the top, a pail of water in between your legs - to act as a sauna and tanning booth - quickly pulled off the market due to safety hazards (metal + water + electricity anyone?)

Absolutely amazing!


I published the images separately, but here are a few of my favorites from outside the castle.





























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