Shea's Castle, Private granite house in Antelope Valley, California

Shea's Castle is a stone house with multiple turrets built from locally quarried granite in the Antelope Valley area of the Mojave Desert in California. The building sits on a large private property that also has its own airstrip, giving it the feel of a remote desert compound.

Richard Peter Shea, a New Yorker who made his fortune developing Hancock Park in Los Angeles, built the granite castle in 1924, reportedly to improve the health of his first wife Elizabeth. The couple divorced and he married Jane that same year. The 1929 stock market crash bankrupted Shea; the bank took over the castle, Jane died, and Shea committed suicide in 1932.

Shea's Castle has been a filming location for decades: Blood of Dracula's Castle (1967), Alive or Dead (2008) and Babylon (2022), plus TV series such as Airwolf, Bat Masterson, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Harry O, The Rat Patrol and Starsky & Hutch. The property also holds pictographs and natural springs.

The castle stands on about 1,500 acres just west of Lancaster and south of the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve. It is a private residence, so the grounds are not open to casual visitors; access is only by prior arrangement with the owners. A car is needed, as the site lies well away from towns.

The property's water features came from a non-profit aviation group, which added a runway, a dam and a lake. The grounds also hold pictographs and natural springs. Filming there ranged from Blood of Dracula's Castle (1967) to Babylon (2022), plus TV series such as Airwolf and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.