Palace of Depression

The Palace of Depression (or Palace Depression) was a building made of junk that was located in Vineland, New Jersey, built by the eccentric George Daynor, a former Alaska gold miner who lost his fortune in the Wall Street crash of 1929.

This amusement was known as "The Strangest House in the World" and the "Home of Junk" and was built as a testament of willpower against the effects of The Great Depression.

[1] George Daynor claims that he was guided to New Jersey by an angel, who provided the design for the palace.

After Peter Weinberger was kidnapped on 4 July 1956,[a] Daynor called the FBI and falsely reported that the kidnappers had visited the palace.

It took about three years just to obtain the permits and clear the wooded property before actual re-construction of The Palace began in 2001.