Craigdarroch Castle

If you were a wealthy magnate living in turn of the century Victoria and wanted all your children to have such lives of uncomparable luxury that they all drank themselves to death, became lesbians or went insane then this was the house for you.

The family that owned it managed to go from out of control wealth to poverty and foreclosure inside of a few generations and the house ended up in an auction and eventually became a museum and music school.

There aren't too many buildings with approaching castle status in Canada so when we found ourselves within walking distance of the next closest thing we had to go check it out.