The Littlest Skyscraper Con

In the early 1900s, a con man named J.D. McMahon in Wichita Falls, Texas, tricked investors into funding a skyscraper project but intentionally used blueprints measured in inches instead of feet. The resulting structure, known as "The Littlest Skyscraper," is only four stories tall and approximately 10 by 16 feet wide.

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