MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Sand Castle University has been playing in the sand for a few years on the Alabama Gulf Coast. Chelsey visited the owner, Janel Hawkins, on the public beach in Gulf Shores.

Janel Hawkins spends hours building intricate structures — and destroys them not long after. Such is the life of a professional sand castle builder. As the owner of Sand Castle University, she spends ...

ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY TO ENJOY. NICE. TAKING A LIVE LOOK NOW IN HAMPTON BEACH THIS MORNING WHERE THE SAND CASTLES ARE STILL STANDING FOLLOWING THE ANNUAL SAND SCULPTING CLAY. CLASSIC LOVE TO ...

(Inside Science) -- Beach-goers know that sand castles crumble almost as quickly as they are built, but scientists have long faced the mystery of why similarly-constructed earthen buildings can stand ...

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