A medieval castle with no well, no village, and no strategic purpose should not exist, yet Houska Castle stands in the Czech forest north of Prague like someone put it there on purpose. We walk through the details that make the place feel wrong from the start: defenses that seem aimed inward, blocked openings that resemble windows, and a structure that looks less like a lookout and more like a clenched fist around the rock beneath it. From there, we follow the Houska Castle legend that refuses

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