Sometimes when we have some free time, we drive around neighborhoods. We check out the houses, “I like this one…”, “A porch swing would look great on that one…”, “Oh my! They need to take care of their yard!” You know how it is. We all do it!

Well here we were driving around a neighborhood that we’ve driven by probably dozens of time but went on in and looked around. Inside, we found something neither of us had ever seen before.

This little treasure was found in Arlington, Texas. Sitting in this huge (for Texas neighborhood standards) three acre lot, on a moat of all things sits the foundation to what use to be a house. I couldn’t believe it. Normally, I wouldn’t just walk onto someone’s property but there wasn’t a real house on the lot and well – it was too intersting to pass up.

To get to, well we’ll call it the Arlington Castle, you need to cross a bridge. A bridge made out of loose plywood that wobbles when you cross it. It was beginning to get pretty dark. The bull frogs were out and the closer I got, the more you could hear their big bodies jump back into the water.

Once across, a small path leads you to what’s left of the castle.

Inside, you can see there use to be tile on the floor.

The fireplace nearly takes up one entire wall which tells you how small this space was.

On the other side of the building, is a small cement porch area that you could sit and relax while overlooking the water that surrounds the building.

(Note: you can see the little bridge in the background where Sy is standing.)

So what is this building? I tried looking online and found nothing except it’s owned privately. Does anyone know? I’d be interested to hear I find it to be so unique. Just sitting there on three acres, on a moat in the middle of Arlington.