1. Manresa Castle, Port Townsend, Washington State
Inspired by chateaux in the
French Renaissance style, this beautiful former mansion – now a hotel – was
completed in 1892 at the behest of Prussian born Charles Eisenbeis. It
was originally supposed to be a hotel, but this business venture fell through
so Eisenbeis turned it into his family’s home. It remained empty for a
couple of decades after his death and eventually became a Jesuit school, before
finally achieving its original purpose as a hotel. While throughout the
building there are instances of electrical devices switching on and off,
