Janel Hawkins is the founder and owner of Sand Castle University, a sand sculpture business based in Gulf Shores, Ala. The team's creations can take anywhere from five hours to three days to build, ...

Cannon Beach, Ore., on Oregon's North Coast, held its 59th annual Sandcastle Contest on Saturday, June 10th, 2023. Team Camp Castle built this elaborate castle, being breached by a sculpted octopus ...

Next time you're at the beach, take a look around: You may spy a mermaid with long, tangled hair or a dragon with pointy ears and flared nostrils. If you get lucky, you'll come across an actual castle ...

ERG CHEBBI, Morocco - The silhouettes of our three-camel caravan shone against a sand dune like a background drawing of the three kings in a nativity scene. While Georgie, as I had nicknamed my blond ...

'Twas me — responding to news that the sand castles are back at Minneapolis' Thomas Beach. It hasn't felt fully like summer to me since 2015. That's when the sand castle contest got axed by the ...

(USA TODAY) -- When it comes to summer and time at the beach, building sand castles is a terrific way to spend the day. If your sand castle building inspiration dries up, head to any of these sand ...

Castles made of sand will rise from the strand once again Saturday during the 54th annual Sand Castle and Sculpture Contest at Crown Beach in Alameda. This is always a great family event, a tribute to ...

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PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - They say building a house on the sand isn’t ideal, so good thing Dan Anderson is only building castles. ”Enjoying the beach, playing in the sand,” said Anderson.