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A view from within Leedskalnin's Coral Castle. Edward Leedskalnin (Latvian: Edvards Liedskalniņš) (January 12, 1887 – December 7, 1951) was a Latvian immigrant to the United States and self-taught engineer who single-handedly built the Coral Castle in Florida, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [2]
Coral Castle is sometimes referred to as Florida's Stonehenge. [21] The 1958 film The Wild Women of Wongo used Coral Castle as the set for the dragon-god temple. [22] The lunar scenes of the 1961 film Nude on the Moon were shot in Coral Castle. [23] "The Castle of Secrets" is an episode of Leonard Nimoy's program In Search of...
Though not really a castle and not really made of coral, world-famous structure built by one man is considered an engineering marvel
More than 80 years ago, under the cover of darkness, one man was moving multi-ton stones in a secluded piece of land far south of Miami. He was building a “castle” for his beloved, a 16-year ...
He built the Coral Castle there in dedication to Skuvst, who he often referred to as his "Sweet Sixteen". [5] [6] Idol wrote the song after watching "The Castle of Secrets", an episode of Leonard Nimoy's program In Search of... which was based on Coral Castle. [7] The song was written during the making of Idol's 1983 album Rebel Yell. [8]
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Campbell Castle, Wichita, Kansas, built in 1888 for Burton Harvey Campbell in the Baronial style. [13] Canterbury Castle, also known as Arlington Castle, Portland, Oregon, built 1929–1931. Designed by Jeter O. Frye. The 6,000-square-foot (560 m 2), three-story house featured a moat, drawbridge, and towers. It was demolished in 2009.
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