The time-honored tradition of sand castle building is a getting a scary new makeover, thanks to this horror-loving Canadian artist. Screaming sideways head sand castle sculpture by Guy-Olivier Deveau.

Janel Hawkins is the founder and owner of Sand Castle University, a sand sculpture business based in Gulf Shores, Ala. The team's creations can take anywhere from five hours to three days to build, ...

Alameda’s 2025 Sand Castle and Sand Sculpture Contest hosted 492 participants creating 40 stunning sand castles and 65 eye-catching sand sculptures this past Saturday, June 21, at Crown Beach. With ...

Treasure Island commissioners are interested in the attraction, but they worry it would create too much traffic congestion. Promoters want to bring the world's largest sand castle back to the beach.

Unfortunately, sand sculpture enthusiasts will have to wait until 2025 for the next competition. This year’s event, originally scheduled for Aug. 3, was canceled due to “logistical challenges and a ...

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 ...

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Physicist Helen Czerski explores the complex science behind familiar phenomena. Read more columns here. The British seaside experience is full of tradition: brightly colored beach huts, soft-serve ice ...

'Twas me — responding to news that the sand castles are back at Minneapolis' Thomas Beach. It hasn't felt fully like summer to me since 2015. That's when the sand castle contest got axed by the ...

Janel Hawkins runs the sand sculpting company, Sand Castle University, where she designs intricate beachside creations Tabitha Parent is a writer at PEOPLE covering entertainment and culture. She ...