This Concrete Ball Was Supposed to Be the Motel of the Future

This Concrete Ball Was Supposed to Be the Motel of the Future

In 1935, an inventor from Indiana devised a new way to build what he believed was the motel of the future. If William E. Urschel had had his way, tourists around the world would all be relaxing in these concrete golf-ball-looking structures by now. It’s a good thing he didn’t get his way.

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