Coral Castle is the amazing labor of love built solely by
Ed Leedskalnin, a man who claimed to have discovered the "secrets of the pyramids". Did he? We may never know, but this frail, tubercular, 100-pound man managed to quarry, transport, shape, and erect
chunks of coral weighing up to 28 tons by himself, using only the simplest of tools. The castle also includes
a nine-ton gate that is so perfectly balanced it can be opened by a child, and
the world's largest valentine, which weighs in at an incredible 5,000 pounds.
posted by mr_crash_davis
on Feb 14, 2002 -
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