AUG 31 2013 

BY JULIA

XplorMor Team recently ventured to Coral Castle, Florida’s Mysterious Stonehenge, also known as Florida’s “Great Pyramid”. The Castle is further described as being built out of the same sentiment as India’s Taj Mahal: love. But in this instance, the love was very much unrequited. And the said castle, was not so much a castle as it is a very large artistic stone creation that became a home to an eccentric man, named Edward Leedskalnin.

XplorMor Expedition to Coral Castle in Florida by Julia

Edward Leedskalnin, 5 feet tall and weighing 100 lbs, miraculously built the Coral Castle by himself over a 20 year period between 1920 to 1940. The ground in is part of Florida is coral bedrock covered in certain areas with mere inches of topsoil. At some point, and for reasons unknown, Ed decided to carve a coral monument and dedicate it to his “love”. He began with carving furniture out of the coral, such as beds, chairs and tables.

XplorMor Expedition to Coral Castle in Florida by Julia

People in the area were curious of his work; however there is no record, according to the Coral Castle Museum, of anyone having ever seen him work. When Ed was asked how he moved the blocks of coral, Ed would say only that he understood the laws of weight and leverage. Such secrecy has added to the mystique of the Coral Castle.

XplorMor Expedition to Coral Castle in Florida by Julia

Read more and watch the XplorMor Expedition to Coral Castle, Florida’s Mysterious Stonehenge, and visit the Coral Castle’s website for further details on this historic site in Florida, USA. Please also contact us with any questions or to share your own discovery of Florida’s Stonehenge.