From the Icefields Parkway - Canada's most scenic driving route - their monumental work is displayed in ever-larger peaks, rising like ruined castles on either side of the road.

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It is sometimes difficult to reconcile preservation with liveability, but it should also be remembered that the castle itself, like all castles, is not some cryogenated product of the 13th century.

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His homes look like cute little castles.

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Even homeowners call attention to themselves by building houses that look like giant stick insects or medieval castles.

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Like errant knights we dismount our Jeep and marvel at the citadels and castles blazing against the blue-marguerite sky.

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West Virginia entrepreneur Robert Kiblinger has a thriving business selling castles, characters and other items accumulated by players on games like Ultima Online.

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Follow the ribbon-like Romantic Road as it twists and turns its way across the region, taking you to gorgeous castles you have never heard of in towns with colourful architecture straight out of a film set.

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