I have a whole page of information and pictures of Scotty's Castle that may easily been the model for Charlie Chan's Castle in the Desert.

The link to the page is http://tommenterprises.tripod.com/id113.html - or click on the website link below.

There are links to the National Parks Service entry of the Castle (courtesy of Evan Thompson), the Historic American Building Survey . . . oh, all sorts of links with all sorts of pictures and all!

Check it out and you won't ever watch Castle in the Desert the same way again!

Virginia

Dear Virginia,

Thank you so much for your work on this and for sharing it! Hopefully, I will be able to pay a visit to this actual Castle in the Desert one day.

Sincerely,
Rush