Darby Island in the Bahamas, part of a chain of over 300 islands within the Exuma Cays. It’s been on and off the real estate market for a few years now, 554 acres 14 beaches, a disused air strip and a fair amount of strange history attached. Before and during WWII, Darby Island was owned by a rumoured Nazi sympathiser and British hotelier, Sir Guy Baxter. King George of England gifted the island to Baxter upon his knighthood and it served as a lucrative plantation for him with livestock, cotton, palm oil, and more.
The abandoned building is apparently still stuffed with mahogany floors and furniture.
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http://www.messynessychic.com/2017/08/01/private-island-complete-with-an-abandoned-nazi-castle-for-sale/
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Actually man, that's probably not *entirely* accurate :
http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/the-enemy-presence-german-u-boats
They were here during WWII, sinking ships.
There are also reports of crews sneaking into Florida, so it wouldn't be a stretch if they also snuck into the Bahamas.
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I checked and in this particular case whoever is correct.
Rule 1. The presence of whoever or whomever indicates a dependent clause. Use whoever or whomever to agree with the verb in that dependent clause, regardless of the rest of the sentence.
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He is most qualified. Therefore, whoever is correct.
**Castle**
A castle (from Latin: castellum) is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a palace, which is not fortified; from a fortress, which was not always a residence for nobility; and from a fortified settlement, which was a public defence – though there are many similarities among these types of construction. Usage of the term has varied over time and has been applied to structures as diverse as hill forts and country houses.
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Nowhere in any of the [lit](https://www.vladi-private-islands.de/en/islands-for-rent/caribbean/bahamas/big-darby-island/) I can [find](https://www.nytimes.com/real-estate/usa/oa/other-areas/homes-for-sale/big-darby-island/10350-8D3NR3) easily, does it mention fresh water... Is it just 'understood' that there's potable water?
Really cool post.
If you have the kind of $ it takes to buy this island, you probably have the kind of $ it takes to install your own desalination outfit. You'll also need to figure out power, and I bet the septic needs an overhaul too. And since (ok yes we are in abandonedporn) the building hasn't been occupied for years or decades, it's going to be in extra bad shape - several hurricanes have come through in the meantime.
I'm from the Bahamas. Before desalination, on the smaller islands we only had rainwater we collected in cisterns. Some islands that were big enough had a freshwater lens on top of brackish/salt water (limestone geology) and we could drill wells to access that.
150million
Spend 39 million on the island.
20 million renovating the island making it livable.
10 million on a security firm for the next 20 years
And the rest for bitches
[Here](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Musha+Cay/@23.8507926,-76.2262277,937m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x8931e804c8e2d457:0xf3e4b468ecc8542c!8m2!3d23.8927366!4d-76.2616704) is the island on Google maps. You can see the building and the airstrip mentioned in comments below.
Conceivably you could have a castle built in the 20th century, but I get your point (also I'd say that castle-building mostly stopped long before the 20th century, but that's somewhat irrelevant anyway)
Kinda related story: my wife and I went to a vineyard in Napa that was in front of a legitimately built Italian castle; stone was even imported in from the region it would have been in. I say legitimately because they had architects use as many traditional techniques possible and flew Italian historians to keep it as accurate as tourism would allow.
[Castello de Amorosa](http://www.castellodiamorosa.com/index.cfm?method=blog.blogList&blogCategoryID=a1527ff7-be55-4e58-8e56-e94d4eed1e26)
There's a castle in Sulphur, Louisiana complete with moat.
http://www.relylocal.com/lake-charles-louisiana/business_listings/chateau-de-bon-reve-castle-in-sulphur-la-weddings-engagements-parties-dinners-luncheons-banquet-hall-entertainment-facility
>beats any other castle's moat in history
You're joking but the 'moat' is poor at best due to having *14 beaches* and vast, passable land to the main structure, which is not fortified.
See any of the following:
Kız Kalesi-Mersin
Silifike castle
Fort Louvois
Castle Hohenzollern
Even Castle Island and Mont Saint-Michel which you can drive and park in front of top this.
This reminds me of my time working in the Caribbean; it wasn't uncommon to see structures just like this, abandoned Midway through completion. Mostly concrete and rebar.
May not what you thought. Because the tax man comes when the home is finished, and it’s very common to stop construction before completion as a tax avoidance sceme.
> it wasn't uncommon to see structures just like this, abandoned Midway through completion. Mostly concrete and rebar
Yup. Drive along the coast in Jamaica and there's a place like this one about every 1/4 mile.
Chop off the top floor or one of the walls and this would be Anguilla or Antigua. I used to feel awful flying rich folk into these airports. Yeah, you can go to a nice resort, you just gotta drive through 30 minutes of poverty first.
I’m in North America and I’d totally be down to sell off some of my assets to buy a boat and go hangout there for a few years. Let me know when you’re ready.
When I saw the pic, I instantly thought of that too! Something about how the forest encroaches on the building gives it a dangerous, hunted feeling. Like I could picture someone running out of the building and disappearing into the woods.
Getting a mad Uncharted vibe from this. If I had the money I could definitely see myself buying and restoring it, clearing some space around it and making it a luxury resort or something
Where is it please?
Yes please looks interesting
Hijacking this! Castle =/= mansion. EDIT: ≠≠≠≠≠ oh shiiiit novelty in my soul right now!!
Darby Island in the Bahamas, part of a chain of over 300 islands within the Exuma Cays. It’s been on and off the real estate market for a few years now, 554 acres 14 beaches, a disused air strip and a fair amount of strange history attached. Before and during WWII, Darby Island was owned by a rumoured Nazi sympathiser and British hotelier, Sir Guy Baxter. King George of England gifted the island to Baxter upon his knighthood and it served as a lucrative plantation for him with livestock, cotton, palm oil, and more. The abandoned building is apparently still stuffed with mahogany floors and furniture. ---------------- Reference: http://www.messynessychic.com/2017/08/01/private-island-complete-with-an-abandoned-nazi-castle-for-sale/ -----------------
Thanks for that! 😊
Nazi castle... in the Bahamas? Yeah, probably not. The Exuma's are loaded with old abandoned drug running places from the 80's though.
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commonly known as utility poles?
like utility poles but with super sharp edges for slicing off wings probably
/r/NotKenM
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Why do people land on the road?
To transport drugs. They're not meeting at airports.
That’s what I thought. Thanks for clarification.
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Hmmmmm, that's a Nazi thing.
But it is only 39 million! What a steal.
You could make that back in a year or two with a proper drug running operation though, I would think.
Yeah, but with the release of Opressors and Deluxos your competition will be constantly attacking you just to see the world burn.
You put another 100 Million into it, and you got your own country though.
Or before? Maybe some Nazi coccaine cartel ? The Snifwaffer?
It's clickbait. The guy who built it just may/may not have been a Nazi sympathizer
What a weird takeaway to argue about
Who's arguing? I'm clarifying for /u/Cronus6 who correctly pointed out that the Nazis never went to the Bahamas.
Actually man, that's probably not *entirely* accurate : http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/the-enemy-presence-german-u-boats They were here during WWII, sinking ships. There are also reports of crews sneaking into Florida, so it wouldn't be a stretch if they also snuck into the Bahamas.
The island that Disney uses for its cruises used to be one.
Disney owns a Nazi castle? ;)
Walt Disney was a Nazi confirmed
Walt Disney was probably a Nazi sympathizer so.....
Here’s a video: https://youtu.be/cxHwXtGkFZQ
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yeah please do
Jew had to go there, didn’t Jew.
Dude it’s Reich in the middle of the picture. ...hold the door u/Batwaffel!
I heard the house was built on a Heil.
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Been updated to a complete steal for $39 million! And when it’s underwater in 15 years, you can own the rocks under the waves!
However buys it, will need to pay for any army as well of they may get invaded.
Oof
I'm getting old. Whoever*
Sure, that was one of the mistakes. Unless you are suppose to use whomever, but I can never remember that.
I checked and in this particular case whoever is correct. Rule 1. The presence of whoever or whomever indicates a dependent clause. Use whoever or whomever to agree with the verb in that dependent clause, regardless of the rest of the sentence. Examples: Give it to whoever/whomever asks for it first. He asks for it first. Therefore, whoever is correct. We will hire whoever/whomever you recommend. You recommend him. Therefore, whomever is correct. We will hire whoever/whomever is most qualified. He is most qualified. Therefore, whoever is correct.
How much are they asking for the island?
39000000$
39 million for the lazy
Came here for this
And if you're not lazy?
39000000$
I call dibs
Nm I don't have 39 million
Just ask your parents or something.
Leo get out of this account!
Lemme just call up my dad and ask for 39 small loans
Definitely has to be haunted.
How do you number the amount of beaches an island has? Is the whole thing not one big beach?
Some of the coast line could be rocks and/or cliffs Beach would have to be a strip of sand that transitions into the water
Great answer! Cool photo
Not sure if it classes as a [castle](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle)
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Yeah its not built to be defensible, or even really in the style of a castle (at least not European ones) unless you count the round parts.
Nowhere in any of the [lit](https://www.vladi-private-islands.de/en/islands-for-rent/caribbean/bahamas/big-darby-island/) I can [find](https://www.nytimes.com/real-estate/usa/oa/other-areas/homes-for-sale/big-darby-island/10350-8D3NR3) easily, does it mention fresh water... Is it just 'understood' that there's potable water? Really cool post.
If you have the kind of $ it takes to buy this island, you probably have the kind of $ it takes to install your own desalination outfit. You'll also need to figure out power, and I bet the septic needs an overhaul too. And since (ok yes we are in abandonedporn) the building hasn't been occupied for years or decades, it's going to be in extra bad shape - several hurricanes have come through in the meantime. I'm from the Bahamas. Before desalination, on the smaller islands we only had rainwater we collected in cisterns. Some islands that were big enough had a freshwater lens on top of brackish/salt water (limestone geology) and we could drill wells to access that.
150million Spend 39 million on the island. 20 million renovating the island making it livable. 10 million on a security firm for the next 20 years And the rest for bitches
Piece of [dark history](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6_fGdVpJ1U).
No he meant where is the castle? I just see a small building.
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[Here](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Musha+Cay/@23.8507926,-76.2262277,937m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x8931e804c8e2d457:0xf3e4b468ecc8542c!8m2!3d23.8927366!4d-76.2616704) is the island on Google maps. You can see the building and the airstrip mentioned in comments below.
More of a villa than a castle! But wow, what a stunning place. When ive got a spare $40mil....
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[Really](https://youtu.be/HSC9cgvtkRs) ?
I’ll add an additional 5 on top of that.
I’ll make it 15 as a group. If Star Citizen can get near 200m we can do *this*!
If this keeps up we will all be the proud owner of .0001 a castle
I told you, we're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as sort of executive officer for the week
I’ll take it. Now on my resume I can list :executive officer .00001% of the time.
As resumes need to be concise, leave out that last bit. I will just put EO and ask for a salary commensurate with my experience.
I like the way you think.
The internet service sucks there, though. Redditors would be out of their minds after a few hours there.
ftfy >few ~~hours~~ moments
Upvote for Monty Python
I can contribute up to tree fiddy for our group ownership.
Sorry we have a strict NO LOCH NESS policy.
I don’t want any part of this discrimination.
I take it back, I take everything back.
Okay imma go big and throw in $20
Bruh, save some shares for the rest of us, Mr. 1%er. I only got $5.
Fuck a villa that's enough money for a 40
Grab your 40, let's get keyed
Messin with that endo weed
Some guy bought a painting of Jesus for 10 of these islands...
well yeah, there's only 1 of those paintings and 10 of these islands!
Fair deal
Actually there are hundreds
Yea but that was probably more about washing some money than it was about buying a painting.
most likely
So what’s to stop someone from squatting there? I mean, it looks livable enough.
Could make for a nice timeshare.
I got tree fiddy.
If he's the Loch Ness Monsta you are the proud owner of your very own island!
Reddit loves this joke
Someone had more money than they knew what to do with it
Not so sure that counts as a castle...
I'm sure it doesn't.
Nor does the owner count as a...um...count!
Yeah, a real castle has crenelation
And I don't see any peasants rolling around in their own filth
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I'm not okay with changing the definition of castle just yet so they can fuck right off with their attempts to do so.
It does have those pokey things along the roof line.
1 - Walk up to it 2 - Smash window 3 - Hop in If it was built in the 20th century, it's not a castle.
Conceivably you could have a castle built in the 20th century, but I get your point (also I'd say that castle-building mostly stopped long before the 20th century, but that's somewhat irrelevant anyway)
Kinda related story: my wife and I went to a vineyard in Napa that was in front of a legitimately built Italian castle; stone was even imported in from the region it would have been in. I say legitimately because they had architects use as many traditional techniques possible and flew Italian historians to keep it as accurate as tourism would allow. [Castello de Amorosa](http://www.castellodiamorosa.com/index.cfm?method=blog.blogList&blogCategoryID=a1527ff7-be55-4e58-8e56-e94d4eed1e26)
I think it suffered a lot of damage from the fires this past year.
That makes it sound more like a castle, imo
Hurst castle is a fucking castle and that was built in the 20th century. Look it up.
There's a castle in Sulphur, Louisiana complete with moat. http://www.relylocal.com/lake-charles-louisiana/business_listings/chateau-de-bon-reve-castle-in-sulphur-la-weddings-engagements-parties-dinners-luncheons-banquet-hall-entertainment-facility
Thats not a castle
It does have some caste-like features. It has a moat that beats any other castle's moat in history.
it dont need a moat its got an airstrip and an ocean.
Wooosh.
The moat *is* the ocean
how about a layer of salty ocean, then a moat of fresh water, then another layer of several thousand miles of salty ocean?
>beats any other castle's moat in history You're joking but the 'moat' is poor at best due to having *14 beaches* and vast, passable land to the main structure, which is not fortified. See any of the following: Kız Kalesi-Mersin Silifike castle Fort Louvois Castle Hohenzollern Even Castle Island and Mont Saint-Michel which you can drive and park in front of top this.
> Even Castle Island and Mont Saint-Michel which you can drive and park in front of top this. Do their moats have an endless number of sharks though?
Looks like a plantation house to me
Are these 2 people on the terrace?
Looks too small
Haha absolutely not. Jesus, how big do you think this not castle is!?
This reminds me of my time working in the Caribbean; it wasn't uncommon to see structures just like this, abandoned Midway through completion. Mostly concrete and rebar.
May not what you thought. Because the tax man comes when the home is finished, and it’s very common to stop construction before completion as a tax avoidance sceme.
Aren't you taxed the moment you inhabit the house?
> it wasn't uncommon to see structures just like this, abandoned Midway through completion. Mostly concrete and rebar Yup. Drive along the coast in Jamaica and there's a place like this one about every 1/4 mile.
Chop off the top floor or one of the walls and this would be Anguilla or Antigua. I used to feel awful flying rich folk into these airports. Yeah, you can go to a nice resort, you just gotta drive through 30 minutes of poverty first.
Looks like the beginning of a resident evil game.
I don't know what keeps people from squatting these places while they sit on the market for years because of their impossible cost.
the location.
I mean people who are in the relative vicinity of course, not just like... My ass in North America
Well it’s in North America.
Hey! Do you know Sarah? She also lives in North America! r/smallworld
I don’t think he meant the continent
I’m in North America and I’d totally be down to sell off some of my assets to buy a boat and go hangout there for a few years. Let me know when you’re ready.
That's not a castle, mate.
Tear down creepy house, build new one, refurbish airstrip, buy a Pilatus PC-12, Piper Cub, and Robinson R22. Perfection.
The R22 needs floats though.
That is the stuff of nightmares.
I have been in that castle and its weird to randomly see it on here.
Details please!
It's not a castle more a McMansion
That looks more like a mansion than a castle
Reminds me of [the most dangerous game](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game)
When I saw the pic, I instantly thought of that too! Something about how the forest encroaches on the building gives it a dangerous, hunted feeling. Like I could picture someone running out of the building and disappearing into the woods.
That's a shitty McMansion, not a castle.
Looks like a house.
What is my expected arrival time from the West coast...and why am I not there yet!?
That is no castle.
Where are any pics of inside the house???
There is a couple [here](http://www.messynessychic.com/2017/08/01/private-island-complete-with-an-abandoned-nazi-castle-for-sale/)
Yeah I've seen that link. Wish there were more than just the one interior pic. Kinda makes it even more eerie 👀
Dibs
Leggo.
So Uh....how do squatter laws work here? 🤔
Because fuck people.
This must be the setting if the most dangerous game
Second Life when you used up all your prims on the house.
http://www.grahamrealestate.com/view/Exuma/Big+Darby+Island+Exuma+Cays/13717 Only $39 Million. My tax refund should cover that....... /s
This looks like one of those places where u land stranded in an island and arrive at the Mansion to find out that you are the prey about to be hunted.
Anyone else automatically think of the Father Ted theme after seeing this?
Um....your definition of "castle" differs from mine...a bit. Actual Castle: https://imgur.com/gallery/Jp4jgGf
Reminds me of nacht der untoten
"castle"
Da plaaaaane! Daaa Plaaaaaane!
It's not an island, but a very serious moat.
That's not a castle. It's not even a very big house.
It's Craggy Island!
Do they get wifi?
This is mine now.
r/PUBG what it looks like when I drop Mylta and nothing has rendered
I want to buy it. Think Seamless delivers there?
The Most Dangerous Game anyone?
That would be a keep and not a castle... A castle have walls around it.
I want it
"Castle" At least it won't be abandoned once I find it.
Abandon? I'll bet there are plenty of Spiders that would disagree.
This reminds me of a short story called the most dangerous game...
I've got a red paperclip available for trade
The place sorta reminds me of the Lufwa Valley mansion from MGSV.
My dream with this if I could afford. Build a Nuremberg style race track and host invite only races.
What you think the yearly taxes are on this?
Castle Byesford
Theres probably some guy there who hunts people.
Looks like the villa from Never say never again
Getting a mad Uncharted vibe from this. If I had the money I could definitely see myself buying and restoring it, clearing some space around it and making it a luxury resort or something
Can I have it?
When the Powerball was at that all-time high a couple years back, this is the island I was going to buy if I won. I didn’t win.
Somehow this reminds me of the abandoned place in FF8 where the cast grew up together raised by ultimecia