In this series, I’ll take you beyond the front door of some of the city’s most unique properties, the ones you’ve probably seen countless times from the curb, but have never explored inside.

Inside a German-inspired hilltop castle, and longtime home of famed Syracuse author (Beyond the Front Door) Updated: Mar. 24, 2023, 8:07 a.m. | Published: Mar. 24 ...

Thousands of soldiers were brought into the castle’s walls. Six to 12 men would guard St. John’s Tower - where the door was found - in the castle’s great outer ditch at one time.