Colorado veteran turned discarded scrap into roadside attraction Cano’s Castle

In the small town of Antonito in southern Colorado, United States, a house made from discarded beer cans, hubcaps, screen doors and scrap metal became a well-known roadside attraction. According to The Denver Gazette, called Cano's Castle, the structure was built by Dominic “Cano” Espinoza, a Native American Vietnam War veteran who reportedly began working on it in 1980.The personal construction project eventually became a local landmark. Espinoza used materials that others had thrown away, combining them with native volcanic stone to build a complex that stood out from the surrounding homes. Over the years, the unusual structure attracted visitors and became familiar to people living in Antonito, a small town near the New Mexico border.The castle was also Espinoza's home. Known locally as a private man who often travelled around town on his bicycle, he continued to be closely associated with the property.