Coral Castle

Yesterday was President's Day, and Fernando and I had a much needed day off. Things have been so busy lately, that it is nice to just have a day off where neither one of us has anything to do. So my honey being the great guy that he is, made plans for us to visit the Coral Castle in Homestead. We love museums, art festivals, anything cultural or anything that deals with learning. I guess we are just nerds at heart. This historic place was created by a man named Edward Leedskalnin he created this monument in honor of his lost love Agnes Scuffs. Ms. Scuffs was ten years younger than Mr. Leedsklnin and they were engaged to be married, but Ms. Scuffs broke off the engagement the day before the actual wedding. He built the castle by himself without outside help or machines. He carved and sculpted 1,100 tons of coral rock alone and it took him about 28 year to complete.

I feel bad for Mr. Leedskalnin, because it seems as though he never moved on with his life after Ms. Scuffs. I mean the man dedicated his entire life to create a monument for her and it makes me wonder if he any had hopes that she would return to him after seeing what he had accomplished.

The Entire Castle

The Reading Area

The Florida Table

http://coralcastle.com/