"[citation needed] Notable people who visited "The Tin Palace" in that time include Sally Rand, Dwight Eisenhower, Vivian Duncan of the Duncan Sisters, Woody Strode, Beatrice Kay, Harry Townes, Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Kid Chissell, Angie Dickinson, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Though Rubel slept in one of the giant citrus refrigerators, the walls of thick cork were not sufficient sound insulation to allow him peace from his mother's parties.

Beginning in 1968, Rubel began building a small get-away house in the empty 145,000-gallon concrete reservoir, using cement and discarded champagne bottles.

Rubel and his associates built the structure without architectural plans, using salvaged river rock, cement, steel, aluminum, telephone poles and wine bottles.

Some other notable guests have been former president Dwight D. Eisenhower, Henry Kissinger, the Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie, and Governor George Deukmejian.

Many television programs, music videos, and movies have been filmed on castle grounds, including NBC's Heroes, Our Flag Means Death, and a Frankenstein commercial by T-mobile.