Wednesday's Wonder...Castle in Central Park!

Did you know there is a castle in Central Park?? I sure didn't! My friend and I were on our way to the American Museum of Natural History in NYC and we accidentally took one more stop on the subway express track than we needed to. However, it allowed us to stumble upon a real life castle!

Its officially called the Belvedere Castle, which in Italian means "beautiful view." I would love to go back during the height of spring when there is color on the trees again! Cause, when I was there, the view was quite dreary due to it being winter an all haha.

Originally built in 1865 by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould, both designers and architects for Central Park, Belvedere was intended to be a Victorian Folly, a fantasy open-air structure, with no doors or windows that provided a great backdrop but without a real intended purpose.Well, sounds like some of the building that still goes on today with our tax dollars...Bridge to Nowhere anyone? I'm just being fresh here.

Belvedere gained more purpose in 1919 when the National Weather Service began using one of the castle's towers to gather scientific data about the weather. It is still used for this purpose today. Cool! You can walk up to the top of the tower for a small fee if you are interested or have the extra change!

Here are some pictures from the rest of my adventure in the city with my friend Jeanine!

Till next time! 

<3, Cas