In the middle of the twentieth century, businessman George Prater decided to build a house. I chose a place on a hillside, bought land, but could not erect a building. The house came out crooked, although the drawings were correct, and the builders were sober. It turned out that the laws of physics were violated on the hill: balls roll up an inclined plane, a broom stands without support, water flows upwards, people stand in an inclined position. Scientists say that these are nothing more than optical illusions, but many tend to see a mystical trace in what is happening.