Mabel Plumb used to own "The Glass Castle" – a roadside attraction outside of Duncan, British Columbia.

It's a bit of Canadiana, but to Mable, it means so much more.

"Because it was all bottles and sometimes the sun set on it and it was kind of pretty. We kind of felt that it was a jewel," she said.

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Nobody stepped forward to buy the Glass Castle and it was therefore destroyed.

George Plumb, Mabel's husband, built this gem. He was a carpenter who wanted to leave a legacy behind, so in 1962 he started collecting bottles and covering his home with them.

200,000 bottles later, George has his shrine to pop culture – a combo roadside attraction and recycling stop.

"He got bottles from everywhere, all the local people. People just found out that he could use bottles and they brought them," said Mabel.

George's glass menagerie includes all the colors of the rainbow, pop bottles both common and obscure, and sculpture. There's a leaning tower of Pisa made of bottles, a bust of Pierre Trudeau made of bottles, and a bottle made of bottles.

It's enough to make you glassy-eyed.

George passed away in 1976. Mabel and her family kept the glass castle for more than a decade after George's death, then decided to sell.

Today, the glass castle is up for sale for the second time. The realtor listing it knows it won't be easy to sell.

Doug Watson specialized in selling unusual properties and the glass castle is certifiably unusual.

The castle, the putt-putt golf course and the fountain can be yours for just under C$300,000. Doug readily admits it's a bit of a fixer-upper.

Mabel is sad that her former home faces an uncertain future, but she doesn't think her husband's legacy will be lost.

Update: The glass castle was destroyed and the land was acquired by the city to widen the highway, and when no one was interested in buying or moving the structure it was bulldozed.