Originally posted by ravenshadow13

The most recent theory proposed to explain the Newport Tower's origins comes from the book "1421 – The Year China Discovered America." ...
This startling revelation is based on a comparison of the Rhode Island tower to a similar structure used as a lighthouse in the port of Zaiton in Southern China. The towers do look alike; each built atop eight columns and once covered in smooth plaster. Other design elements such as the windows and fireplace are also similar.

Of its existence prior to the
English emigration to America there is now but little doubt; and it is
asserted that the Indians, of whom Mr. Coddington and other early
settlers upon Aquitneck (now Rhode Island) solicited information
concerning the structure, had no tradition respecting its origin.
Because it was called a "mill" in some old documents, some have
argued, or, rather, have flippantly asserted, that it was built by the
early English settlers for a wind−mill. Thus Mr. Cooper disposes of
the matter in his preface to Red Rover. A little patient inquiry would
have given him a different conclusion; and if the structure is really
ante−colonial, and perhaps ante−Columbian, its history surely is
worthy of investigation. That it was converted into and used for a
wind−mill by some of the early settlers of Newport, there is no doubt,
Re: Earl Syversen's "Norse Runic Inscriptions" and Newport Tower 3
for it was easily convertible to such use, although not by a favorable
arrangement.

Originally posted by Russi
I think that in case to find the answer there is sense to combine this mystery with the "lost colony" of Nuremberg! they are interconnected!