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Coral Castle Museum, Homestead, FL

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Coral Castle Museum

Coral Castle Museum is an attraction in Homestead, FL, part of the Miami guide. Cost: under $25.

28655 S Dixie Hwy, Homestead, FL 33033 · Homestead, FL

Why you should go…

Between 1923 and 1951, Latvian immigrant Ed Leedskalnin single-handedly quarried, carved and set over 1,100 tons of coral rock, including a nine-ton gate that once swung at a finger's touch, and never let anyone watch him work. How he did it remains a genuine mystery. It's one of America's great roadside enigmas, just a short drive south of Miami.

  • #roadside attraction
  • #mystery
  • #historic site
  • #photo spot

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