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Janel Hawkins is the founder and owner of Sand Castle University, a sand sculpture business based in Gulf Shores, Ala. The team's creations can take anywhere from five hours to three days to build, ...

What is it about castles that fascinates so many people around the globe? A lot of the allure derives from the history and human drama that played out within the walls, as well as the astonishing ...

Janel Hawkins spends hours building intricate structures — and destroys them not long after. Such is the life of a professional sand castle builder. As the owner of Sand Castle University, she spends ...

As professional sand sculptor Lucinda Wierenga was at work on her 8-foot-tall, instrument-themed sand castle, a kid came by and called it the “House of Rock,” which is how the award-winning sand ...

A stunning expanse of golden sand framed by green dunes creates the ideal thirty-minute stroll linking Bamburgh castle with Holy Island's Lindisfarne Castle. Located just forty minutes by car from ...

When you bring together a stunning subject and a talented artist, you get something truly magical. Australian photographer Emma McEvoy, from Melbourne, is well known for her hauntingly beautiful ...

When Viola Connelly and her friend Casey Metzler, both 10, enter the annual Saltaire Sandcastle Contest on Fire Island, the girls from Manhattan and Brooklyn choose a timely theme — they craft an ...

A beautiful stretch of sand bordered by grassy dunes makes for the perfect half an hour walk between Bamburgh castle and Holy Island’s Lindisfarne Castle. Just a 40 minute drive from Newcastle is Ross ...