FOLLIES AROUND THE WORLD

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FOLLIES AROUND THE WORLD
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WHAT IS A FOLLY? In architecture, a folly is a
building constructed primarily for decoration.
In the original use of the word, these buildings
had no other use, but from the 19th-20th
centuries the term was also applied to highly
decorative buildings which had secondary
practical functions such as housing, sheltering
or business usage.
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Cabazon Dinosaurs

• Cabazon Dinosaurs, also referred to as Claude
  Bell's Dinosaurs, are enormous, sculptured
  roadside attractions located in Cabazon,
  California and visible to the immediate north of
  Interstate 10.

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Lucy the Margate Elephant

• Margate, New Jersey, is the home of, the largest
  elephant in the world and is also the oldest
  remaining example of zoomorphic architecture left
  in the United States. Over 124 years old, she has
  been painstakingly restored and is toured by
  thousands of fans each year.

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Brown Derby in Los Angeles
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Fish-shaped restaurant in Indonesia
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THE BASKET BUILD LING
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• The Basket Building - United StatesLocated in
  Newark, Ohio, the basket building is the home
  office of the Longaberger Basket Company. Founder
  Dave Longaberger decided he wanted the corporate
  home office in a giant basket, and so he achieved
  his dream in December 1997. The following year,
  the Longaberger home office also received a Build
  Ohio Award for its synthetic plaster system the
  building is made of stucco over a steel
  structure, which helps create the look of an
  actual Longaberger Basket.

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The Shoe House - South AfricaOne of many
shoe-shaped houses in the world, the South
African shoe house, in Mpumalanga Province, was
built in 1990 by entrepreneur and artist Ron Van
Zyl, a South African artist and hotelier who
built the strange building at his wife's request.
The interior is a museum of rock and wood
carvings made by Van Zyl himself. The Shoe is
part of a bigger project, which includes a camp
site and a chalet guest house, restaurant, bar,
pool and shop.
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THE CROOKED HOUSE IN POLAND
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• The Upside Down House is a project created by a
  Polish businessman and philanthropist named
  Daniel Czapiewski, and is located in Poland in
  the tiny village of Szymbark, and here are a few
  pics with this house. Rather than simply being a
  bizarre tourist attraction this house, managed to
  attract thousands of tourists. The house is also
  meant to be a profound statement about the
  Communist era and the state of the world.
  Czapiewskis company would normally take three
  weeks to construct a house, but this one took 114
  days because the workers were disorientated by
  the strange angles of the walls. Many tourists
  who visit complain of mild seasickness and
  dizziness after just a few minutes of being in
  the structure. Now lets take a look at some
  pictures with this house

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Made In Japan
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• Skate shaped house
• My daughters love to figure skate. I found this
  picture and I just asked one of them if she would
  like to live in this house. She said she would
  not. I said it looks like a figure skate. She
  said it looks like a shoe. My husband thinks it
  is a boot. I still say it is a skate. No matter
  what it is, it is an interesting house. I think
  it would be fun to stay there for a night or two.
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Candle Shaped BuildingVery cool building
design.  From what I understand this building is
located in Indiana or Columbus, Ohio. 
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• Mammys Cupboard (Natchez, MS, United States)

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Kansas City Public Library
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Nautilus House, Mexico City
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Lotus Temple, Delhi 
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Piano and Violin Building, China  
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Meaford, Ontario
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Tianzi Hotel - Beijing, China THIS 10-STORY
BUILDING, STANDING AT 46.1M HOLDS THE GUINNESS
WORLD RECORD FOR THE "BIGGEST IMAGE BUILDING".
THE 3 MEN FEATURED ARE FROM CHINESE MYTHOLOGY,
REPRESENTING "GOOD FORTUNE, PROSPERITY AND
LONGEVITY".
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Corpus Museum - Netherlands NOW HOW ABOUT A
UNIQUE EXPERIENCE WALKING THROUGH THE HUMAN BODY?
THIS ONE-OF-IT'S-KIND MUSEUM IN THE WORLD IS
DESIGNED TO REFLECT THE INTERNAL WORKINGS OF THE
HUMAN BODY. NEWLY OPENED IN 2008 BY QUEEN
BEATRIX,IT OFFERS A VARIETY OF INFORMATION AND
PROVIDES EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT AS WELL AS A
VAST NUMBER OF PERMANENT AND VARIABLE EXHIBITIONS.
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