The Dwarf Castle

A miniature stone castle built as a private home, an unexpected curiosity

A miniature stone castle stands on a residential lot in Alpharetta — turrets, battlements, the lot, built at roughly two-thirds scale as a private home in the 1990s. It is a private residence and not open to the public, but it is visible from the street and remains one of the area's more unexpected sights, a reminder that suburban America occasionally throws up architectural oddities.

Drive past, take a discreet photo, and move on. The owners have asked visitors not to trespass or knock on the door.

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The castle was built by Loren Petty in the 1990s as a private residence — by all accounts a man's home really was his castle. It became a roadside curiosity in spite of itself, photographed and shared online to the bafflement of its owner.

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