Every Museum of Greater Los Angeles

Glendora, Los Angeles Art Museum

Rubel Castle, Tin Palace Museum

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844 N Live Oak Ave, Glendora, CA 91741

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Glendora, Los Angeles

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  • Former resident Bonnie Asa and Charlie Horse emerge from under the castle’s portcullis entrance.
  • Castle blacksmith Joe Asa. His father Warren served as the first blacksmith for the castle.
  • The inner courtyard and former cistern interior, with the machine shop at right and the castle itself surrounding.
  • Despite the inclusion of detritus large and small in its walls, the castle could likely be picked up and flipped upside down without anything falling off or breaking apart.
  • Scott Rubel, nephew of Michael Rubel and storyteller extraordinaire, sits in the bottle house that started it all.

Photos by Ryan Schude