Bishop Castle 🏰 Complete~Tour & Personal~Interview with Mr.Bishop
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- Our good friends Paula & Wayne kidnapped us and took us to a castle in the mountains of Colorado. It was the most interesting and amazing thing we've seen while out on the road! Tag along with us as we explore all the nooks and crannies of a 160' tall stone castle that was built by one man over a period of 51 years (and is STILL under construction). We were also fortunate enough to obtain a personal interview with the architect & builder, Jim Bishop, during our visit.
Music courtesy of UA-cam Audio Library
Castleshire by Chris Haugen
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This man is a dying breed. Also the love he has for his wife and carries a picture of them. I cried. What a true American. The fact that he still goes on with whatever health problem he has and a broken heart is amazing. Mr bishop has truly lived.
Very rare breed indeed. Even hard-working people cannot hold a candle to this guy!
As a builder, a welder and a Patriot that fights useless government regulations, Nice Work Mr. Bishop.
Hear! Hear!
I'm an old iron worker, who can truly understand what an accomplishment.....this is . Thank you God bless
Jack come on. Name one useless regulation
@@James_the_Builder Ridgid Foam Insulation on the exterior of the wall.
Everytime I have been there I have heard Jim complaining about the government and useless regulations ...lol
My wife and I wanted to thank you for getting that special recording of Jim. I remember him as a young boy building the castle and be a married man and see that picture of him and his wife really brought tears to our eyes thank you you
You are more than welcome Alec. I was so happy to have captured that moment with Jim to show the softer side that most people have not seen. Very glad to share this with you.
“I don’t want help, I want credit for what I’ve done” Damn straight. 😂 It broke my heart when he was showing you photos of his wife. One can only wish we find a love that strong. What an amazing man, he deserves all the praise he gets.
Exactly. I felt very fortunate to have met him and to be able to show people the softer side of this man. If you watch a lot of other videos on UA-cam, he’s always portrayed as an angry old man and all they want to show is his political rants. To capture this side of Jim was wonderful.
We just wenr yesterday. Made it to all the towers. It was scary but sooo amazing! What a gift to the world Mr. Bishop is. And his castle as well 💓
Awesome! So glad you were able to visit and explore this wonderful work of art!
what a legend Jim is! seeing the pics of when he was younger with his wife, man was in shape! and built an incredible castle! legendary !
I first saw this story as a child and I had looked for updates over the years but was unable to find it. It brings me great joy to see this man's dream fulfilled and what a wonderful job he has done. ❤
Oh, cool! So glad we could bring you an along and show you around the finished structure. Did you see the interview with Mr. Bishop at the end of the video?
I've been here a few times and I must say this video is the best representation of what it's like to experience the property in person. Not for the faint of heart. Great video!
Thanks Cory! We may be heading back to Colorado next year and hope to visit Bishops Castle again. So awesome.
My daughter and I discovered this awesome castle 4 days ago!
It was a perfect day for an adventure and for exploring! At every turn, I was more and more amazed!
Absolutely an amazing feat!
Wow! The main room upstairs took my breath away, at how beautiful it is! Definitely worth seeing!!
Definitely worth any donation offered! Thanks for the video!
Jim, thank you for sharing your talent! ❤️🏰
Hi Kristi! So glad you and your daughter were able to see and enjoy this in person. And also happy you enjoyed our video. After 3 years of traveling the US in our RV, Jim’s castle is still our favorite memory.
One day Jim Bishop will get the recognition he deserves.
What an amazing tribute to Mr. Bishop and the 51 years of his life dedicated to building this castle for everyone to enjoy. Awesome video Ed 👍
Thanks so much Johnny! I mean.... Kevin! 😉 The castle is a definitely a must see for anyone who visits Colorado. Glad you enjoyed the video!
@@EddieAtLarge it was awesome he
Is nice
By far one of the best youtube videos I've seen lately. Interview at the end........priceless.
Wow, thanks so much for that very kind compliment Thomas! Really happy to hear that you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Very cool story Ed! And the interview with Mr. Bishop is priceless. Nicely done.
Thank you Marc! Hope you get the chance to check it out next time you are in Colorado.
@@EddieAtLarge we've definitely bookmarked it.
I was sent this link to watch & wow! It didn’t disappoint 😊 I live in Bishops Castle in Shropshire, England.
Mr Bishop is crazy skilled!
Very cool! I didn’t realize there was a town named Bishops Castle. I hope to someday travel across the pond to explore and have pinned it on my Google Maps. Love the pictures of the old church and what looks to be a cathedral? Hope you also get a chance to visit our Bishops Castle someday. It is incredible to see in person. Thanks for watching and commenting!
There's a list of castles in Colorado. Arkansas has a few castle houses.
Much respect to you for being so polite and respectful of Jim. It brought a tear to my eye hearing him talk about his wife.
You have more guts than I do going out on that stuff! Lol my wife and I are going back out to Colorado next month. I love it out there. Hope you're well and thanks for the video!
@Ludo Down Thank you so much! There are a lot of videos out there that focus on Jim's tirades. I was lucky to have been able to capture another side of him that I don't believe many people have seen. It was truly a very rare moment. He did go into a bit of a tirade not long after that part of our conversation and I chose not to include it...
For some reason, I've always enjoyed climbing on structures like that and taking calculated risks ever since I was a young boy. There is a certain thrill about it all. Glad to hear you are returning to Colorado. Assuming you have been to Bishop Castle? If not, I would definitely recommend making it a priority if you will be in the area. It is at the top of our favorites list. Have fun and safe travels!
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We haven't been to bishops castle before. I was stationed at Fort Carson in 90-91. And we usually go back out there at least once a year to the Colorado Springs area, but we travel around Colorado while there. Thinking of going to Utah and we were just watching your video in the Valley of the Gods. That's really beautiful! Near the 4 corners too. We were really wanting to go to that area.
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Jim seemed like he might have a bit of a salty side. Lol I bet his life story would be interesting.
@@jjburkk Utah is beautiful. We spent 2 months there this past summer. More videos coming up… Will definitely return to the Colorado Springs area in the near future as we didn’t see nearly as much as we wanted to last year.
Wow! Want an accomplishment by one person. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.
Anytime John! Happy to share such an amazing work of art!
Hi there!! What a great tour of the castle, as well as interview of Mr Bishop! Thank you for sharing it! You certainly paid respect for his incredible one man accomplishments!
Safe travels!!
@campingalan Hey Alan! Glad you enjoyed! Bishop Castle was one of our favorite places to visit during our travels last year. Truly amazing! Please also stay safe, happy & healthy!
❤❤❤ a classic landmark worthy of recognition in the annals of human creativity and ingenuity...built only by a single man...salute to you Mr. Bishop...
Well done and love how respectful and thankful you were to Jim. Nice interview.
@Wee Strom CO Guy Thank you very much and glad you enjoyed our video! We were so happy to have been able to meet Jim and to see his amazing work.
@@EddieAtLarge I've been going every few years or so for the last 36 years. I was about 7 the first time. An interesting fact is that the dragon used to breathe 8' flames of fire. My mom has some old camcorder video I'll see if I can upload at some point so people can see it. Cheers.
@Wee Strom CO Guy Wow, that's incredible that you've been able to see the progress of his work over the years. How awesome. Would certainly have been cool to see the flames from the dragon. Please let me know if you upload that footage. I would love to see it. Cheers to you as well.
Well done video on Bishop Castle,mate!Love the interview n the closing bird eye view of the castle in the middle of beautiful forest!Awesome!❤
Thank you so much for the kind words and compliments! Happy to know you enjoyed. 😊
Thank you very much for this video, God bless you and your loved ones and God bless Mr. Bishop.
Impressed with ironwork on the outside concept, clever use of space.
We visited from Texas way back about summer of 2005, stayed in Westcliffe, also visited Mission Wolf. Good memories. Thanks for the tour.
@RA Johns Glad you enjoyed our video! This is still one of our favorite places in all of our travels. I had not heard of Mission Wolf, but, now have it marked on our map to visit next time we are in that area. Looks like a nice sanctuary and I see it gets great reviews.
@@EddieAtLarge We've been to these two times each, actually. BC was almost finished on the second visit, several years later; an amazing construction accomplishment, as you know. The MW people were super nice and you really get a good feeling how well the wolves are taken care of.
How wonderful that you got to spend time with Mr. Bishop and that he opened up, to share some of his world with you.
Most definitely. It was an honor for us.
That place was fantastic, never heard about that place before, thanks ya'll.
We had never heard of it either until our friends from Colorado told us about it. Another hidden gem... Thanks for watching and commenting!
First visited in May/June '84. Mr. Bishop was about 6 feet up working on an inside wall now below the high tower. I took a photo. mailed it to the address about 3 years ago.
@Charles Fleet Wow, very cool Charles. Nice of you to send that photo to him.
Stunning... Thank you for sharing this with us and for going to the tops.
GREAT VIDEO CONTENT !!! Awesome video Ed again thank you for helping me get my family home safely when I was stranded 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you! Glad you like the videos. I was also very glad to have been able to help you out today and it’s great to hear that you made it home safely! Just wondering, I thought you said your name was Austin, but, see your name is Arthur. Maybe I misunderstood since you had your mask on? Or do you go by Austin?
@@EddieAtLarge yes I go by my middle name Austin and my first name is Arthur. Yes thanks to you I made it home today safely 👍👍👍
Awesome. I was worried that I had misunderstood and had been calling you by an incorrect name. Very nice to have met you. Did your kids like the video of the cows? That was pretty cool to see...
It was very nice to meet you as well and yes my kids loved the video hahah that was definitely a cool sight 😎
Back in the 90s, a rave party was run out of Bishop's Castle by the county.
The whole crowd migrated up Phantom Canyon to my property near Victor.
It was somewhat unexpected and a train of cars, trucks and old school buses was not a usual sight up there.
The transplanted rave went on for a couple of days (loud weird music annoying the mountain folks for miles around), and they kind of trashed the place.
In the aftermath of that semi-unplanned fiasco, one man was walking around in the early morning with a plastic bag in his hand, cleaning up the trash the ravers had left behind.
That man was Jim Bishop.
He gave a shit what had happened to our place through no fault of his own.
That is the kind of man I knew him to be.
Great guy. Great castle.
Don't forget it is also the resting place of his son, who was tragically lost during the construction of the castle.
I’ve been there, my Dad lives nearby(Canon City). I almost passed out going up those metal stairs(elevation-I’m a flat lander). The creator sat out front & was interesting to talk to.
I came across this video when looking up tour videos after seeing this castle from brainstorming castle locations. I must say you did well!
Thank you Josiah! Glad you enjoyed!
Awesome video thank you for making it and sharing it and being so respectful to Jim God-bless you
You are very welcome Rodney. Glad to pay respect to him for such an amazing accomplishment. Happy you enjoyed and may God bless you and yours as well.
Just visited Oct '21 on suggestion from desk clerk.
Awesomely amazing place. Thought we'd spend an hour taking some pics. Around every corner it's like "wow, there's more!". Finally tore ourselves away 2+ hrs later.
Great job on the video. The drone view is something you can't see in person, to try and take it all in.
@d gronzega Glad you were able to see this in person! I know what you mean about getting caught up exploring the castle. So much to see. Thanks for watching and happy you enjoyed!
Bishop Cast!e is fit for a King! Jim Bishop rocked with an iron will!! Love the Betty Boop stained glass angel.
God I miss that castle. Haven’t been in years but I’ve visited a total of at least 20 times in my earlier life. Jim is a hoot.
It is awesome. We hope to return sometime soon as well.
Friends grandma showed me how to do stained glass this year, that stuff is not cheap! This guy put a lot of work into this place and the government tried their best to take it, let’s keep it a treasure forever 🤙
Solid photography and narration, thanks.
Literally sweating watching you go higher and higher 😬😳😱😱 not sure I want to go anymore 🤣🤣 lol so beautiful tho
Lol. You must go! It is so much fun! You will love it!
I’ve been there a couple of times in the last few years it’s really cool. I visited with mr Bishop the first time I visited he’s a nice guy.
@Bruce Morris We loved it as well and hope to return in another year or two. Thanks for watching and commenting!
My parents took me there when I was really young. It wasn't nearly as built up but my father was a friend of Jim Bishop. He invited us to look at his cool "project".
@Wendy Packard Oh, wow, very cool! That has to be a great memory for you.
@@EddieAtLarge Ya I guess but I was only like 8 lol
My palms were sweating just watching this 😅
It is not for the faint of heart! 💓
This was amazing I just heard of this great man and decided to look it up ur video seemed the most appealing and it was great job 👍🏿
@Paul Frank Thank you Paul! We loved this place and were so glad to have been able to meet and speak with the man who built it. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Cool video I went to bishop castle as a kid it's an awesome place.
Just left there at dusk. Stayed an hour. Amazing! Got the adrenaline flowing wondering how sturdy the steel and masonry are.
@Jimmy Sorensen Cool! How is the weather there? Any snow?
@@EddieAtLarge cold but doable. 40 ish.
@@EddieAtLarge when you try to Google Jim Bishop. It said he is deceased which I know that can't be true and interview is done with him a month ago
@@Jimmy-mt4kn Wow, hopefully not!
Omg that is amazing. I would live in the upstairs
It’s been over 25 years since I visited the Castle and met Jim. The main structures were already built by then but Jim has done a lot of fine tuning the towers and the iron work and the glass.
Hopefully someday, the Castle will become the National Monument it should be.
That must have been great to have been able to meet Jim in his “younger” years.
Yes it was. I hope he finds some comfort in seeing folks continuing to enjoy his work.
I was in that place and meet mr Bishop.
AMAZING IN 2008.
The one time I visited this structure, I met a cool gal named Felicity. Hope she's doing well!
Thank you!
Very welcome!
Phenomenal... 💖
Great place to spend you're life
Beautiful!!
I am impressed and YES a man should totally be allowed to build what the hell he wants on his own property. But as beautiful as it is. I don't trust that structure, especially not the thin iron work. There are tall trees so that suggest humidity which means rust. Especially on the welds. I'd love to visit though. Maybe one day. What an extraordinary designer and builder Jim is.
Awesome video!!! I had to take a zanax just watching!
@Monngo x 🤣 Thanks! You may not be aware, but, this is a self-help channel for those afflicted by Acrophobia.
At height, I can feel my SPHINCTER clench.
I bet the government will take it over once Mr. Bishop's moves on.
@Luis Gonzalez I believe his son is set to take it over and keep it open.
Dude, you guys got balls.
@RKBA 😂 Not sure why, love that stuff!
I went there last week. Beautiful place
This is the Epitome of sanity, truth, awareness, patriotism, heart, responsibility, reverence, loyalty, independence,
& love.
Thats the Epitome of an American!
Who are you?
Amazing awesome 👍👍😎😎😎
Glad you enjoyed Sabina! 😊
Love the Betty Boop stainedglasswindow.
@Pamela Ferguson We did too!
Just found your channel. Enjoying so far. What app or program are you using for your graphics on your vlog? Safe travels.
Awesome! Glad you like the channel. Using Final Cut Pro 10 and filming with go pro eight black.
TOO COOL😮
Omg cool amazing
It was absolutely incredible to see and tour this amazing castle. Glad you could join us!
It is good. Mr. Bishop built the castle much the same way Daniel Chester French carved the Lincoln statue in the Lincoln Memorial.
Video quality is great! Can I ask what you use for a camera?
Thanks! We use a GoPro 8 Black & a DJI Mavic Pro 2 drone both filming in 4K.
If you ever have the chance, get some buddies and ride motorcycles there. roads are perfect and the riding makes it 10x better than a drive.
@PFaix I'm sure they would be. Kind of thought that as we were traveling on those hills and curves in the car... ;o)
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I'd be that person at 24:37 crawling up on all fours lol
@Git'Nth'TRUCK!! Haha! That spire was a little shaky when we were up at the top. So cool though...
Knees of steel.
How has nobody died there. Lots of places to fall through and in
It is hard to believe…
coz they got awareness when that sign said "its on your own risk" they tend to be more careful
Well he went through hell fighting county govt. Colorado isn't the easiest place to live.
Poor fella, he looks exhausted
@Kenneth Wise They don’t make ‘em like that anymore…
@@EddieAtLarge no doubt
The dragon’s mouth used to shoot flames twenty or more feet
Would have loved to have seen that!
@@EddieAtLarge
Oh.....it did look amazing.
A buddy of mine’s gas line was damaged & Bishop cut a length of his airline from a sander, right there on the spot. Good man. Always had fun down there.
With the constant wind , movement and rust eventually the welds will break and the entire steel walkway system will be unsafe its only a matter of time, still very cool but very unsafe
It is definitely a little sketchy! 😨
No guard rails that high up.. not if but when someone dies it will shut down for good.
It is hard to believe that no one has fallen yet.
@@EddieAtLarge Hurt or killed, It'd be the easiest lawsuit ever as its private property. I dont get HOW they just allow people to run amuck all over this castle. Hate to sound like a downer but sheesh.
There are tons of signs all over about entering at your own risk. Not sure how that would go in court as I’m not a lawyer and I didn’t stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night. Lol. Hope they never have to find out though.
@@EddieAtLarge hahaha. But yea I really hope they do not either. I def want to go here before anything does shut it down, dont get me wrong its an incredible build and story but the facts remain.
Makes me proud and a lot of ways to live in Colorado. But I'm so embarrassed of my government. Talking about the people that fight for it for the people that pay taxes. Plainansimple all the mindless Democrats and Republicans and the people that actually vote for this crap. Love your videos man keep putting those out there God bless your family.
Thanks John. Ya, our political system needs a major overhaul for sure. I must be getting old cause the saying “I miss the America I grew up in” is really starting to resonate with me lately. Glad you’re enjoying our videos! ✌🏻
Eventually it will become unsafe due to wearing of the metal.
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The scam-demic covidian comment made me vom into my mouth a little.... 🤮 otherwise the video is nice, thanks
Agreed. So glad we’re past all that BS.