John Gowdy, who started building sand castles with his own kids about 25 years ago, has all the credentials (and then some) to show you how to build a perfectly good one with your kids. He even ...

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 ...

As building blocks go, pancakes fall low on the list. But a successful sand castle, I learned, starts with pancakes. A tall stack. Turns out those plastic molds I had packed with sand — only to dump ...

A former architect, Lou Gagnon often makes custom tools to sculpt his detailed creations. Since building simple castles 20 years ago to amuse his daughter, former architect Lou Gagnon has developed ...

Remember how much fun it was to take a plastic pail and shovel to the beach and spend hours in the sand building sandcastles? I remember being so upset when the waves rushed on shore to devour my ...

Janel Hawkins spends hours building intricate structures — and destroys them not long after. Such is the life of a professional sand castle builder. As the owner of Sand Castle University, she spends ...

WESTPORT — Get ready to dig in to the fun on May 9 at the 14th annual Castles in the Sand event at Compo Beach. The "build-a-thon" contest will be held from noon to 4 p.m. and will feature dozens of ...

QINGDAO, China -- Wang Fusan is a reluctant member of China's new economy. He joined a growing legion of unemployed workers from failed state-owned enterprises a few years ago, when the garment ...