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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Atalaya

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Just outside of Myrtle Beach sits a medieval castle that would feel out of place if not for its charm. We tell the story of the eccentric couple who, nearly a hundred years ago, built this fortress — which was turned into a popular part of the state park system. This episode was produced in partnership with Discover South Carolina. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/atalaya

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's Thursday afternoon in Murals Inlet, South Carolina, and you are climbing down the steps of one of those old-timey sightseeing trolleys.

0:16.0

In front of you is a gigantic 15-foot tall statue of horses fighting.

0:26.0

They are up in the air on their hind legs. They're clobbering each other.

0:28.0

It looks like one of the horses is about to rip the other horses neck open with its teeth.

0:33.4

And there's a guy riding on the back of that angry,

0:37.2

hungry horse.

0:38.7

He's fighting to hold on for dear life,

0:41.8

and he is absolutely naked. It's kind of violent maybe a little

0:46.6

disturbing but to me it's home I've known this sculpture all of my life.

0:52.6

Catherine Hedgepath is who has taken you to see this statue.

0:56.3

She is your guide here.

0:58.4

She's a lifelong Myrtle Beach local and the founder of Myrtle Beach

1:01.9

History Tours. And once you've taken in and the founder of Myrtle Beach history tours.

1:03.0

And once you've taken in an eyeful of this unusual statue, a statue called Fighting Stallions,

1:10.0

she'll direct you to turn around.

1:12.0

So if you were standing right where that sculpture is and you look across Highway 17,

1:16.0

you would see this sort of gated walkway that sort of disappears into the trees.

1:22.0

If you walk down that sidewalk, you would... disappears into the trees.

1:23.0

If you walk down that sidewalk, you would end up at Adelaya.

1:27.7

Set far back from the road, hidden by lush South Carolina gre greenery is Adeliah.

1:34.0

Adeliah is a castle.

1:35.6

It is made of solid stone, and it's just this medieval looking fortress

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