Flashback: When Richmond had a castle

What happened: Englishman William Pratt built his self-named castle in 1854 atop Gambles Hill. Designed to resemble the castles of Scotland, the structure came complete with towers, turrets, secret passages, a hidden staircase and an armory, per Richmond Magazine.

• It even had a dungeon and peep hole portrait, according to legend.

Pratt's Castle stood for more than 100 years, surviving multiple owners (Pratt went bankrupt building it), two fires and the Civil War. But, alas, it couldn't survive corporate interest.

• Ethyl, today NewMarket, bought the castle in 1957 and, over the objection of preservationists, demolished it in all its glory to build its still-standing corporate headquarters.