Coral Castle
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Coral Castle
Ed Leedskalnin was set to marry his one true love in his hometown of Riga, Latvia but she stood him up one day before the scheduled nuptials. Now, I’m not sure which was the cause and which was the affect but old Ed went a little coo coo. He moved to Homestead, Florida and started building a castle out of coral. Big chunks of heavy coral. Being a creative sort, Ed named it Coral Castle.
The castle, was started in 1920, took more than 30 years to complete (Ed’s death being the point of completion). Because the undertaking was so massive (and Ed only weighed in at about 100 pounds) and because he was very secretive about his work, lots of strange rumors about floating massive rocks like helium balloons and using a “perpetual motion machine” began to surface. If asked, Ed would simply explain that he knew the secrets of the pyramids. In reality, others have reproduced his work with simple machines.
But, even if he knew the secrets of the pyramids, Ed didn’t know the secrets of good eating habits and he died of malnutrition at age 64.
Coral CastleRelated reading:
- Coral Castle: The Story of Ed Leedskalnin and his American Stonehenge
- The enigma of coral castle.: An article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA)
- Castles in the United States: Belcourt Castle, Coral Castle, Hearst Castle, Pollepel Island, List of Castles in the United States
- Roadside Florida: The Definitive Guide to the Kingdom of Kitsch
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