Garden Of Eden Kansas

The log cabin was completed in 1907.

Garden of eden kansas. On trees mausoleum cages and dining hall are forty eight electric lights. The garden of eden is on the west. The logs are up to 27 feet long and are carved from limestone. Samuel dinsmoor specifically requested he be laid to rest in a glass coffin here.

Dinsmoor created the garden of eden as a tourist attraction living on the property with his family. He built it near the town train station which was how most people traveled to lucas in the early 1900s. View all restaurants near garden of eden on tripadvisor. No one could miss the garden because dinsmoor placed some of its sculptures on concrete trees 40 feet high.

There are fifteen cement trees from 30 to 40 feet tall. Jbj tripadvisor while it s home to a lot of strange biblical folk art you can also see the creator s body in the museum. The most unique home for living or dead on earth. The garden of eden a collection of concrete art is easily one of the strangest places you can visit in kansas.

In 1907 at the age of 62 civil war veteran samuel perry dinsmoor began construction of this unusual site. The front or north represents present day civilization. Garden of eden lucas kansas. Restaurants near garden of eden.

During most of the remaining 31 years of his life he created a unforgettable legacy in three parts.