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I highly recommend reading a book about him as he's hilarious and very strange. Here are a few examples off the top of my head:
-He would start his morning around 1am and sleep during the day. He was nocturnal and indulged in his fantasy creations at night.
-Would ride off into the mountains on horseback to avoid government officials seeking his input for decision making. Or would swim away to an island.
-Created a giant indoor greenhouse with a mini-lake, and it started leaking through the ceiling into the server quarters below (because a giant ball that mimicked the sun or moon fell down or something...). He'd hide in his elaborate greenhouse sometimes to avoid court officials too.
-Requested a waterfall down castle stairsteps.
-Had his horse to the table to dine.
-Sometimes he thought his servants were talking and laughing about him behind his back so he ordered them to not look at him.
-Had a table that lowered down a floor into the kitchen area where servants would put the food on the table, and it'd be cranked back up to him so he could eat in privacy without servants looking at him.
-At night he would have a sleigh company and visit locals, banging on their door. Imagine being woken up to the King of Bavaria at 3:30am. He asks how you and your family are doing and here are some gifts!
This is the book I stumbled onto a while back that was quite entertaining.
Anyway, these are his 3 building projects:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuschwanstein_Castle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linderhof_Palace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herrenchiemsee