This storybook castle in the Hollywood Hills has its very own fairytale: Often associated with Roland E. Hill, the architect of Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle, 6937 Vanland Trail is actually from the imagination of its original owner, Kelsey Wellington Cook.

The actor-turned-LAPD deputy built his young family’s dream home around 1936, in between the births of his sons Clive Wayne and Christopher Robin (perhaps named after Winnie the Pooh’s best friend?).

Down a brick stairway from Pacific View Drive, a world of enchantment awaits: hand-carved wood, stained glass, leaded windows, a turret, steeply pitched roof, cobblestones, plus a waterfall and miniature bridge in the yard. A gargoyle watches over the second bedroom, which can be accessed by crossing a gangway and entering a bright green door adorned with the silhouette of a swashbuckler.