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Coral Castle in Homestead. Built by one man, Ed Leedskalnin, a Latvian immigrant who single-handedly and mysteriously excavated, carved, and erected over 2.2 million pounds of coral rock to build this place, even though he stood only five feet tall and weighed a mere 100 pounds.

Ed built his castle to impress Agnes Scuffs, a 16-year-old who had jilted him on the day before their wedding. Ed was as secretive as he was misguided. He never told anyone how he carved and set into place the walls, gates, monoliths, and moon crescents that make up much of his Castle. Some of these blocks weigh as much as 30 tons.

Ed died in 1951 and the Castle opened as a tourist attraction in 1953.

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