The unexplained is intriguing. Curiosity compels us to continue searching for explanations
, even when there might not be any.
The mystery surrounding Coral Castle has made it a tourist attraction in Homestead, Florida. Gigantic blocks of coral rock make-up the castle and other stone sculptures outside. The heaviest of these blocks weighs more than the rocks at Stonehenge.
The structures themselves are interesting enough, but the story behind their creation is what really stirs the imagination.
Edward Leedskalnin, a Latvian immigrant, spent his life building the Coral Castle in the early twentieth century.
How did one man raise 57,000 pound blocks of stone from the ground?
If you ask the Internet, Ed had the help of aliens, the supernatural and a multitude of other conspiracy theories. We tend to let our imagination fill in the gaps when we’re faced with situations we can’t immediately explain. The more outlandish explanations I read, the more I wanted to do my own research.
And so, Jack Heffron and I began to investigate this strange place. Our findings became Coral Castle.
I’ve sorted through facts, speculation and tall tales to bring you an objective look at a subject that is often approached imaginatively, but rarely taken seriously. I don’t claim to have solved the mystery behind Edward Leedskalnin’s creations, but Coral Castle at least explores all sides of a very interesting story.