Sleeping Beauty's Castle. Before the construction of Disneyland in Anaheim, California, Walt Disney and his wife embarked on a European vacation and spent a bit of time visiting Neuschwanstein Castle.

Neuschwanstein Castle (Schloss Neuschwanstein) famously served as the inspiration for Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle ... popular tourist attractions in Europe, and just a two-hour train ...

(Getty Images)| Princess fantasies come to life at Neuschwanstein, a 19th-century castle in the Bavarian Alps that Disneyland Resort used as inspiration when designing Sleeping Beauty Castle.