Coral Castle

Working alone at night from 1923–1951, Latvian immigrant Edward Leedskalnin quarried, transported, and erected over 1,100 tons of coral rock into an elaborate castle — a feat engineers today cannot fully explain. How a 5-foot, 100-pound man moved 30-ton stones without machinery remains unknown. He claimed to have discovered the secrets of the Egyptian pyramid builders. Visitors report compass needles spinning wildly near certain stones, a feeling of being observed, and occasional translucent figures near the Polaris Telescope.