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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 an oolite limestone structure created by the Latvian-American eccentric Edward Leedskalnin (1887–1951). It comprises numerous large stones, each weighing several tons, sculpted into a variety of shapes, including slab walls, tables, chairs, a crescent moon, a water fountain and a sundial.
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 ...
Sitting on nearly 3.5 acres of land, Cartmel castle (yes, the home has its own name) is quite a sight to be seen. Secret passageways and a lazy river complete this Florida castle Skip to main content
Coral Sea, Australia Tom and Eileen Lonergan, a married couple from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, disappeared when they were mistakenly stranded in the Coral Sea after a scuba dive on 25 January 1998. Eileen's father, John Hains, later said that he suspects the couple ultimately became dehydrated and disoriented and in the end succumbed to drowning ...
This photo shows the current view of the partial empty lot of the Coral Gables house that architect Alfred Browning Parker designed and built for his family in 1963. The new owner decided to ...
Dubbed the “Pinnacle Man,” the Berks County Coroner’s Office revealed his identity as 27-year-old Nicolas Paul Grubb from Fort Washington, Pennsylvania at a news conference.