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The Coral Castle, one of the oddest roadside oddities

On May 11, 2019 by Judy Nichols With 0 Comments - Blog, Our wanderings

This carving of the moon over the Coral Castle first caught my eye as we drive down the Dixie Highway in Florida.
A sign from the original site that Ed reinstalled. But at the Homestead site, he charged 25 cents.
A view of one of the obelisks near the stone gate.
A cutout of Edward Leedskalnin in front of some of his handmade tools.
The sundial, which keeps accurate time and dates.
The castle tower. Ed lived in the room on the second floor and kept his tools in the first floor.
The area just outside the walls of the castle where Ed quarried his limestone.
A view through the stone telescope focused on the North Star.
The bittersweet heart table.
Sunning chairs, which Ed would use to absorb the rays, moving based on where the sun was shining.
The Florida table with a depression where Lake Okeechobee would be.
Ed's hanging bed on the second floor of the castle tower.
Ed's hanging chair.
Ed's kitchen.
Ed's barbecue, two differentials from a truck, hung over a fire pit.
Celestial carvings.

By Judy Nichols

The Coral Castle, not really coral or a castle, is a charming roadside oddity filled with mystery and romance.

We stumbled upon it last year on our trip to the Everglades.

Coral Castle, Florida, Oddities

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