Follies and Grottoes

This magical grotto is adorned with a complex pattern of native seashells, minerals, and fragments of colored glass.

A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.

This tallest folly in the world began its life as an elaborate factory chimney.

This eccentric folly house was designed by Romanian thinker Bogdan-Petriceicu Hasdeu, with a helping hand from his deceased daughter's spirit.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

This remote castle was built to be a wealthy businessman's palace of vice but is now simply a historic vacation cottage.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

This tunnel entrance is built to resemble a grand castle but no one is quite sure why.