They're building a castle ...

>> And to be honest, you have an equally valid reason to want to experience 'medieval' architecture in a place where you can actually visit it.<<

Medieval-style architecture, anyhow. I've seen a very wide range of reconstructed history exhibits, varying greatly in quality. They interest me in general, and even the awful ones are often good for a laugh or have something cool in there. Near us is a pretty darn good recreation of a farm belonging to Abraham Lincoln's family, Lincoln Log Cabin.

>>It's difficult to remember sometimes how convenient it is to live somewhere where the nearest castle is literally a couple of miles away.<<

Different places have different advantages. When we have the gas money, we can drive for days here and cross through many biotopes without need for a passport. The deep history here includes some fabulous indigenous sites -- Cahokia Mounds is daytrip distance from where I live. But it's nice to see examples from elsewhere, too. There's a temple to Sekhmet in Nevada that I'd love to visit.