The Opera House

Here's something you may not know about the Sydney Opera House (unless you've read Bill Bryson's book, "In a Sunburned Country" and also published as "Down Under").

It was designed by architect Jorn Utzon, a Dane.  There was much kerfuffle during its construction with huge cost overruns and other internal battles being waged.  At one point Utzon had returned to Denmark and when he tried to come back to Australia, he was arrested at the airport for bringing with him a selection of porn.  Banned from Australia, he never saw the finished Opera House and thereby missed out on seeing his own, finest erection.