Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Listen.

Pay attention.

Two in your ear to the world around you, and you'll hear music everywhere.

In the rhythm of a footstep on a tile floor, or in the chime of an elevator in the lobby,

a baby's cry, a squeaky break, anything can become a song with a keen ear and a little

imagination.

A stone mason from Kesswick, England possessed such an ear, and it took him quite far.

In 1840, Joseph Richardson had been wandering around near a mountain about five miles from

his home when he struck one of the rocks along the mountain side.

Surprisingly, it rang out with a clear crisp tone, and it gave Joseph an idea.

He took the rock home and stored it away.

It had been the first step in a journey that would take him 13 years to complete.

He returned to the mountain over the course of those 13 years over and over again in search

of more rocks, known as hornfells, just like the first.

He hit each one to hear its tone, and he did this until he had a mast over 60 of them.

His goal was to compile them into a musical instrument known as a lithophone.

Now the lithophone wasn't too different from a zylafone.

It consisted of carefully assembled tears of rocks arranged like piano keys.

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