Salvation Mountain
A self-built mound covered in messages of God's love
Category Outsider Art, Outsider Architecture
At 150 feet wide by 50 feet high, salvation mountain is really more of a painted mound. Created by Leonard Knight, the "mountain" is covered in paintings celebrating God, Jesus, and other Christian messages.
After converting to Christianity in 1967, Leonard planned to fly a hot air balloon across the country to spread his message of God's love. Unable to make the balloon fly, he began building the mountain instead. Made from trash, cement, straw, adobe clay and covered in over 100,000 gallons of paint, salvation mountain is as much a monument to persistence as to God.
Tours daily, bring paint or canned food as payment.
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- Website http://www.salvationmountain.us/history2.html
- Address Niland, California, 92257, United States
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