I’ve been to this chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico and seen this staircase for myself. When you look at it with your own eyes, it doesn’t look like you would want to use it. But it works just fine. A very unique mystery. From Interesting.always on TT “Inside Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, stands one of the most unusual staircases ever constructed. Built between 1877-1881 for the Sisters of Loretto, the wooden spiral staircase rises roughly 20 feet to the choir loft - completing two full 3

No one can figure out how this staircase was built, who built it, or what type of wood it’s made out of… this is the mystery of the Loretto chapel staircase 😨 #unsolvedmysteries #didyouknow #funfacts #conspiracies | Lexi Natoli

The Loretto Chapel Staircase mystery that still baffles engineers to this day! Did St. Joseph the Carpenter (Jesus' foster father) built this staircase himself? | Ego Catholicus Sum

Watch Into History on Instagram: "Inside the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, stands one of the most mysterious structures ever built the Loretto Staircase. Constructed in 1873, it appears to defy both architecture and physics. When the chapel was completed, the original architect died before finishing a staircase to the choir loft, leaving the space inaccessible. Local carpenters were consulted and agreed on one thing: it couldn’t be done within the tight space available. The Sisters of