Gillette Castle is a whimsical 24-room mansion perched high up on one of the Seventh Sisters Hills, a product of the wild imagination of the renowned famous actor, playwright and director William Hooker Gillette. What Gillette built in 1919 as his early retirement home looks like something King Arthur might call home.

Made of white and gray local fieldstone, it is supported by a hidden steel frame.

Its interior is equally eccentric, with built-in couches, huge stone fireplaces, dungeon-looking rooms, secret passages and 47 doors, all different. The castle is surrounded by Gillette's estate which has been expanded since the state acquired it and made it into a park.

Address: 67 River Rd, East Haddam, CT 06423, Phone: 860-526-2336

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