This "home" is believed to be the largest 24-karat gold-plated object in North America. Six story tall 17,000 square foot gold pyramid
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Gps Coordinates / 42.4134857,-87.9449984
Gold Pyramid Home Vr Illionois
37921 N Dilleys Rd, Wadsworth, IL 60083, United States
Located on an island and surrounded by a giant moat, the Pyramid House has many remarkable features, including a 50-foot statue of King Tut, a metal palm tree and, a four car garage topped by three smaller pyramids.
Top four floors are devoted to living space, with the bottom floor reserved for lectures to tourists.
Gps Coordinates / 42.4127435,-87.945007
Jim and Linda Onan explain in three nouns and two adjectives what their unique home represents: “Power, Gold, Mystery, Exotic, and Impressive.” The Onans are subscribers to the seventies cult theory of “pyramid power.”
The house sustained major fire damage on July 17, 2018.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -87.9449709 / Gps Link -87.9450118 / Gps Link -87.9450156
Gps Coordinates / 42.4134544,-87.9449709 / 42.4128439,-87.9450118 / 42.4129447,-87.9450156
On the first floor, next to the lecture hall is the museum, which contains replicas and artifacts, some of which are on loan from Egyptologists across the globe.
The statue of the pharaoh weighs 200 tons according to an interview
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -87.9450204 / Gps Link -87.9450418 / Gps Link -87.9450491
Gps Coordinates / 42.4131553,-87.9450204 / 42.4133641,-87.9450418 / 42.413472,-87.9450491
There's also a moat surrounding the property, which was once rumored to have been claimed to be a sort of 'fountain of youth,' prompting the Onans to start bottling and selling their own beer made with water from the moat to tourists.
Heavy smoke and the unique and confusing layout caused several firefighting companies to become lost in the house.
This home serves as a museum, as well as a residence for the owners who built it and filled it with Egyptian artifacts.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -87.9450551 / Gps Link -87.9450598 / Gps Link -87.945 / Gps Link -87.9450069
Gps Coordinates / 42.4135815,-87.9450551 / 42.4136918,-87.9450598 / 42.413557,-87.945 / 42.4137006,-87.9450069
Jim Onan, who built the house with his wife, is now medically challenged and in a wheelchair. He was able to escape the fire in 2018 and rebuilt and repainted it better than new. At least two firefighters were hospitalized with injuries by that fire in 2018. Construction crews were working on the six story structure when the fire started.
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The 17,000-square-foot structure is guarded by a 55-foot (17-meter) tall statue of Ramses II standing at the edge of the property, which was unharmed by the 2018 fire
Gps Coordinates / 42.4132611,-87.9450269
Jim and Linda Onan began building the home in 1977 and it was finished in 1982. The family ran tours inside for 17 years and it's become beloved in the community, until the fire, but it was rebuilt and reopened.
