| Tour Hours ◾Tours are offered from 11am to 4pm on Thursday through Sunday each week. ◾We are open from October through May. ◾Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 5-12. Location ◾The Mystery Castle is located in the Foothills of South Mountain Park (two miles south of Baseline Road). ◾To visit, take 7th Street South to Mineral Road, then head east and follow the road to the Mystery Castle entrance. ◾800 E. Mineral Road, Phoenix, AZ 85040 |
| Mystery Castle PHOENIX, ARIZONA |
| THE STORY OF THE MYSTERY CASTLE The reality of dying was thrust upon Boyce Gully in his prime. Choosing not to live a life of quiet desperation awaiting the end, he ran away from home, family and friends. Those were sad but wondrous times of soul searching and physical creativity. In his heart was permanently etched the vision of those precious moments when he and his little girl, Mary Lou, built sand castles on the beach in Seattle. How she would cry when the tide washed them away. “Please, Daddy, build me a big and strong castle someday that I can live in. Maybe you ought to build it on the desert where there is no water.” He would just smile. Perhaps, it wasn’t a coincidence that he migrated to Arizona. He built Mary Lou a native stone castle - eighteen rooms, thirteen fireplaces, parapets and many charming nooks and crannies, then furnished it with southwestern antiques. Boyce Gully died in 1945 before he could send for his family. His “princess” was an adult when she moved into her “castle” and began living her fairy tale, perpetuating her dream. She shared her “home” by giving guided tours of her beloved Mystery Castle until her death in 2010. |
| SO THIS IS THEN GARDEN OF EDEN? |
| DOWNTOWN PHOENIX FROM THE MYSTERY CASTLE |
| THE WEDDING CHAPEL |
| THE DUNGEON/BAR |
