The reclusive “Fairy Tale King” who inspired Disneyland’s castle escaped the responsibilities of royalty and reality in a fantasy world mountaintop palace where he led a “Once Upon a Time ...

Many of the images are from a place right out of the pages of a fairy tale—New Forest, which is an area of wooded land, heathland and pasture in southern England dating back to medieval times.

Bavaria’s King Ludwig II and his Neuschwanstein Castle play a starring role in the new ‘Inspiring Walt Disney’ exhibit running through March 27 at the Huntington Library.