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 ...

Brian Denny and his two sons couldn’t contain their shock Sunday. The trio had just been announced as the group winner of the of the International Surf Festival’s sand castle design contest for their ...

Volkswagen Beetle. Divers ensnared in the tentacles of a giant octopus. A medieval castle with a mote. They look different, but every sand sculpture starts out the same way — a big pile of wet sand.

A young girl idly chewed on the handle of her sand bucket as she focused her attention on the professional sand sculptor crafting an intricate sand castle in front of her. A boy playing nearby made a ...