38: The Secrets of Collins Castle

For more than 50 years, the Collins Castle stood sentry over
Newport Harbor. The concrete mansion once rivaled the stately
Balboa Pavilion—five years its junior— for the attention of
boaters on the bay. Located on tiny Collins Island, which is one
of three islands that make up Balboa Island, the castle was built
by Balboa Island's original developer, W.S. Collins, in the early
1910s and has been a part of Newport Beach lore ever since.