The nine-ton revolving door at Coral Castle

The Coral Castle is a mysterious stone structure created by the Latvian American eccentric, Edward Leedskalnin, in Homestead, Florida. The structure is comprised of numerous megalithic stones each weighing several tons. Image File history File links The nine-ton revolving door at coral castle CopyrightedFreeUse File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links The nine-ton revolving door at coral castle CopyrightedFreeUse File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Edward Leedskalnin (August 10, 1887 - December 7, 1951) was a Latvian sculptor and engineer who built a castle in Homestead, Florida, USA. He was born in Riga, Latvia, and received only a fourth grade education. ... Homestead is a city located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 31,909. ... Megalithic tomb, Mane Braz, Brittany A megalith is a large stone which has been used to construct a structure or monument either alone or with other stones. ...

The structure is considered mysterious mainly because one man was able to assemble the entire structure by himself, with no outside help. This has led to numerous theories on the method Leedskalnin used to construct it.

Some suggest that he used a form of antigravity device to build the castle; he was just 100 lb (45 kg) and too weak to physically build it with ordinary means. Numerous designs have been suggested for this device, some using "harmonic sound waves", some using magnetism, and numerous other proposals. Leedskalnin himself claimed that he knew the "secret" of the ancient Egyptian pyramids, and some allege he used those secrets to assemble the structure. However, it's likely Leedskalnin constructed the Castle using more mundane means, as pictures exist of him constructing the Castle with block and tackle. AntiGravity is a group of New York gymnasts/performance artists. ... sdf f sdf sd ... This article is about compression waves. ... In physics, magnetism is a phenomenon by which materials exert an attractive or repulsive force on other materials. ... This is about the polyhedron. ... A block and tackle is a system of two or more pulleys with a rope or cable threaded between them, usually used to lift or pull heavy loads. ...

Billy Idol wrote and recorded the song "Sweet Sixteen" and filmed the video in the Coral Castle. The song was inspired by the story of Leedskalnin's former love, Agnes Scuffs, who is believed to be the main reason Leedskalnin built the structure. Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad on November 30, 1955 in Middlesex, England) is a British-born hard rock musician. ... Sweet Sixteen can mean: A song by Billy Idol A 2002 movie directed by Ken Loach [1]; A 1928 movie featuring Reginald Sheffield; the final sixteen teams left in the NCAA Mens Basketball Championship or the Womens. ...

As is noted in Joe Bullard's work, Waiting for Agnes, Leedskalnin was jilted by his sixteen-year-old fiance Agnes in Latvia, just one day before the wedding. Leaving for America, he came down with terminal tuberculosis but spontaneously healed, stating that magnets had some effect on his disease. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has a related story: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ... Tuberculous lungs show up on an X-ray image Tuberculosis is an infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (miliary TB), genitourinary system, bones and joints. ...

Hoping to somehow impress Agnes, he spent over 28 years building the Coral Castle, refusing to allow anyone to view him while he worked. A few teenagers, who secretly witnessed his work, reported that he had caused the blocks of coral to move like hydrogen balloons. The only tool that Leedskalnin spoke of using was a "perpetual motion holder." General Name, Symbol, Number hydrogen, H, 1 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 1, 1, s Appearance colorless Atomic mass 1. ...

Leedskalnin also said the castle was built as a temple to Egyptian gods, and indeed does contain various shrines and occult symbols. Egyptian mythology (or Egyptian religion) is the name for the succession of beliefs held by the people of Egypt until the coming of Christianity and Islam. ... The word occult comes from Latin occultus (hidden), referring to the knowledge of the secret or knowledge of the hidden and often meaning knowledge of the supernatural, as opposed to knowledge of the visible or knowledge of the measurable, usually referred to as science. ...

Many of the features of the castle are notable, including machines to tell time, a table with a flower planted in the middle (he stated that he wanted the table to have flowers on it every day of the year), home made air conditioners and other electrical devices, as well as a nine-ton revolving door that is so well-balanced that a child could open it with the push of a single finger. Note: in the broadest sense, air conditioning can refer to any form of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. ...

According to Bullard, many years after the castle was built, several Latvian tourists heard the story of the Coral Castle and made contact with Agnes, now in her seventies. Whenever Leedskalnin gave tours of the castle, people would ask him why he had spent all of his time and energy on the project. He'd look to the East toward Latvia and state he only hoped Agnes would hear of or see his castle, then realize his love for her.

Upon hearing this story, Agnes responded, "I didn't want to marry Edward when I was 16, and I don't want to marry him now." Leedskalnin died a few years later.

External links

• Bullard's book on the building of the Coral Castle
• Florida Tourism website for the Coral Castle
• Wired News article about the Coral Castle
• Article by Frank Joseph