The Enduring Mystery of the Loretto Chapel Staircase

[Still Waters]

It’s considered a miracle, an engineering marvel, and even a scientific anomaly, depending who you ask. In Santa Fe, New Mexico, the helix-shaped spiral staircase at Loretto Chapel has long puzzled visitors, including architects and physicists.

There are several unknowns surrounding the staircase and its late-19th-century origins. First off: how was the 20-foot structure, which includes two 360-degree turns, built without the use of nails or other support? And how has it never wavered, despite so much use, after all these years? Also unknown is the type of wood used to build the staircase, and who built it in the first place. Neither the carpenter nor their materials have ever been identified.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-enduring-mystery-of-the-loretto-chapel-staircase

[papageorge1]

Heard of this one before.

Papameter Reading

65% Paranormal   35% Normal Methods

Edited October 11 by papageorge1

[Sir Wearer of Hats]

I love the story, and it aligns with my faith system …. So yeah. 
PG’s Pappameter reading is slightly biased towards equivocation - 80% Supernatural, 20% some clever dude did it. 

[Abramelin]

16 hours ago, Sir Wearer of Hats said:

I love the story, and it aligns with my faith system …. So yeah. 
PG’s Pappameter reading is slightly biased towards equivocation - 80% Supernatural, 20% some clever dude did it. 

Quora has the most sane answer: the staircase was made somewhere else, not in situ.

https://www.quora.com/How-is-the-first-Helix-staircase-built-in-the-Loretto-Chapel

[jmccr8]

23 hours ago, papageorge1 said:

Heard of this one before.

Papameter Reading

65% Paranormal   35% Normal Methods

HI Papa

A paranormal staircase is certainly an odd position to take

[Sir Wearer of Hats]

7 hours ago, Abramelin said:

Quora has the most sane answer: the staircase was made somewhere else, not in situ.

https://www.quora.com/How-is-the-first-Helix-staircase-built-in-the-Loretto-Chapel

BOOO to you and your rational, most logical answers! BOOO!!! 

[Antigonos]

15 hours ago, jmccr8 said:

HI Papa

A paranormal staircase is certainly an odd position to take

Not for him.