Broadway Tower, Worcestershire, England

The folly at Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, England, built in the 1700s to resemble Gothic-era ruins

In architecture, a folly is an extravagant, frivolous or fanciful building, designed more for artistic expression than for practicality. Folly may mean: Folly, in architecture, an extravagant building Stupidity Folly (band), an American skacore band Folly, fictional character in The Praise of Folly The antonym of wisdom Category: ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 541 pixelsFull resolution (1432 × 968 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 541 pixelsFull resolution (1432 × 968 pixel, file size: 1. ... A view of Broadway Tower which is located in the Cotswolds, England. ... Worcestershire (pronounced ; abbreviated Worcs) is a county located in the West Midlands region of central England. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 828 KB) Wimpole Hall folly, designed by Sanderson Miller in 1751 (making it an early example of such Gothicism) and probably built in 1772 and slightly altered in 1768. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 828 KB) Wimpole Hall folly, designed by Sanderson Miller in 1751 (making it an early example of such Gothicism) and probably built in 1772 and slightly altered in 1768. ... Wimpole Hall in 1880. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... This article is about building architecture. ...

Originally such structures were often dubbed "[name of architect or builder]'s Folly", after the single individual who commissioned or designed the project (such as the massive complex by Ferdinand Cheval). "Folly" is used in the sense of foolishness, fun or light-heartedness. Chevals Palais Idéal Ferdinand Cheval (1836 - August 19, 1924) was a French postman who spent 33 years of his life building an Ideal Castle (French Palais idéal) which is regarded as an extraordinary example of naive art architecture. ...

However, very few follies are completely without a practical purpose. Apart from their decorative aspect, many originally had a use which was lost later, such as hunting towers. Follies are misunderstood structures, according to The Folly Fellowship, a charity that exists to celebrate the history and splendour of these often neglected buildings.

Follies are often found in parks or large grounds of houses and stately homes. Some were deliberately built to look partially ruined. They were especially popular from the end of the 16th century to the 18th century. Theme parks and world's fairs have often contained "follies", although such structures do serve a purpose of attracting people to those parks and fairs. A stately home is, strictly speaking, one of about 500 large properties built in England between the mid-16th century and the early part of the 20th century, as well as converted abbeys and other church property (after the Dissolution of the Monasteries). ...

Famine Follies

The Irish Potato Famine of 1845-49 led to the building of several follies. The society of the day held that laissez faire, not a welfare state, was the appropriate form of civil management. The concept of a welfare state was a century away, and at that time reward without labour, even to those in need, was seen as misguided. However, to hire the needy for work on useful projects would deprive existing workers of their jobs. Thus, construction projects termed "famine follies" came to be built. These include: roads in the middle of nowhere, between two seemingly random points; screen and estate walls; piers in the middle of bogs; etc. [Howley, James. 1993. The Follies and Garden Buildings of Ireland. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-05577-3] For other uses, please see Great Famine. ... Laissez-faire (IPA: ) is a French phrase meaning let it be (literally,Let do). From the French diction first used by the 18th century physiocrats as an injunction against government interference with trade, it became used as a synonym for strict free market economics during the early and mid-19th... There are three main interpretations of the idea of a welfare state: the provision of welfare services by the state. ...

Examples

Australia

• The kryal castle, Ballarat, Victoria

Ballarat is a city in regional Victoria, Australia, approximately 120 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, with a population of 84,000 people. ...

Canada

• Casa Loma, Toronto, Ontario

Casa Loma Casa Loma (literally House on the Hill) is a Toronto, Ontario, Canada tourist attraction and the former home of financier Sir Henry Mill Pellatt. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area [1] Ranked...

France

• Désert de Retz, folly garden in Chambourcy near Paris, France (18th century)
• Parc de la Villette in Paris has a number of modern follies by architect Bernard Tschumi.
• Ferdinand Cheval in Châteauneuf-de-Galaure, built what he called an Ideal Palace, seen as an example of naive architecture.

Yvelines coat of arms Chambourcy coat of arms Town hall. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... A folly in the Parc de la Villette The Parc de la Villette is a park in Paris at the outer edge of the 19th arrondissement, bordering Seine-Saint-Denis. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... Bernard Tschumi (born January 25, 1944 Lausanne, Switzerland) is an architect, writer, and educator. ... Chevals Palais Idéal Ferdinand Cheval (1836 - August 19, 1924) was a French postman who spent 33 years of his life building an Ideal Castle (French Palais idéal) which is regarded as an extraordinary example of naive art architecture. ...

Germany

• Neuschwanstein Castle in Hohenschwangau, Bavaria
• The mosque-like pumping station at Sanssouci Park in Potsdam.

Castle seen from the Marienbrücke The castle Neuschwanstein (German: Schloß Neuschwanstein) is located in Germany, near Hohenschwangau and Füssen in southwest Bavaria near the Austrian border. ... Village on left, Schloss Hohenschwangau on right, as wiewed from the Neuschwanstein Hohenschwangau is a district of Schwangau. ... For other uses, see Bavaria (disambiguation). ... From the north side of Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, between the columns, one can see the colonnade of the court of the Ruinenberg on the other side. ... Sanssouci Park around 1900 Sanssouci Park is a large park surrounding Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, Germany. ... Potsdam is the capital city of the federal state of Brandenburg in Germany. ...

Hungary

The Bory Castle at Székesfehérvár

• Bory Castle at Székesfehérvár
• Taródi Castle at Sopron
• Vajdahunyad vára in the City Park of Budapest

Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 1. ... Székesfehérvár (German: Stuhlweißenburg, Latin: Alba Regia, colloquial Hungarian: Fehérvár, Croatian: Stolni Biograd) is a city in central Hungary, located around 65 km southwest of Budapest. ... Székesfehérvár (German: Stuhlweißenburg, Latin: Alba Regia, colloquial Hungarian: Fehérvár, Croatian: Stolni Biograd) is a city in central Hungary, located around 65 km southwest of Budapest. ... For the historical county in the Kingdom of Hungary named Sopron / Ödenburg, Sopron (county). ... Vajdahunyad Castle, Budapest For the castle in present-day Hunedoara, Romania, see Castle of Vajdahunyad. ... Vajdahunyad Castle in Városliget Városliget or City Park is a public park (302 acres or 1. ... For other uses, see Budapest (disambiguation). ...

India

• Overbury's Folly, Thalassery, Kerala

Overburys Folly is an unfinished construction, or architectural folly, that now serves as a recreational park located in Thalassery, south India. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... , Kerala ( ; Malayalam: കേരളം; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ...

Ireland

• Casino at Marino
• Conolly's Folly

The Casino at Marino The Casino at Marino, located in Dublin, Ireland was designed by Sir William Chambers for James Caulfeild, the 1st Earl of Charlemont, starting in the late 1750s and finishing around 1775. ... The Conolly Folly (also known as The Obelisk) Conollys Folly (referred to as The Obelisk or originally The Conolly Folly) is an obelisk structure in County Kildare, Ireland. ...

Italy

• The Bomarzo Gardens

Bomarzo is a town and comune of Viterbo province (Lazio, central Italy), in the lower valley of the Tiber at 42°29′N 12°15′E, 263 m (863 ft) above mean sea level, with 1609 inhabitants according to the 2003 census. ...

Russia

Swallow's Nest near Yalta, Crimea (1912)

• Ruined towers in Peterhof, Tsarskoe Selo, Gatchina, and Tsaritsino
• La Chapelle, Peterhof
• Creaking Pagoda and Chinese Village in Tsarskoe Selo
• Dutch Admiralty in Tsarskoe Selo

Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 671 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 671 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Overlooking the cape of Ai–Todor, the romantic Swallows Nest castle is situated on top of a 40-metre (130 ft) high Aurora Cliff. ... Yalta (Ukrainian: , Russian: , Crimean Tatar: ) is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea. ... Motto Процветание в единстве(Russian) Protsvetanie v edinstve(transliteration) Prosperity in unity Anthem Нивы и горы твои волшебны, Родина(Russian) Nivy i gory tvoi volshebny, Rodina(transliteration) Your fields and mounts are wonderful, Motherland Location of Crimea (red) with respect to Ukraine (light blue). ... Peterhof: the Samson Fountain and Sea Channel Peterhof (Russian: , Petergof, originally Piterhof, Dutch for Peters Court) is a series of palaces and gardens, laid out on the orders of Peter the Great, and sometimes called the Russian Versailles. It is located about twenty kilometers west and six kilometers south... Tsarskoye Selo (Царское Село in Russian, may be translated as “Tsar’s Village”), a former residence of the royal families and visiting nobility 24 km south of St. ... Gatchina is the city of 84900 inhabitants in the Leningrad oblast of the Russian Federation, 45 km south of St Petersburg by the road leading to Pskov. ... edit Tsaritsino (Царицыно), Tsarinas, is a station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... Gothic Chapel in Peterhof is the most imposing of Gothic Revival structures situated in the Alexandria Park of Peterhof, Russia. ... The Creaking Pagoda as seen nowadays. ... Cross (Krestovy) Bridge in the 19th century. ... The Dutch Admiralty is the name applied to three follies designed in the traditional Dutch style and erected in summer 1773 on the bank of the Large Pond in the Catherine Park of Tsarskoe Selo. ...

Ukraine

• Swallow's Nest near Yalta

Overlooking the cape of Ai–Todor, the romantic Swallows Nest castle is situated on top of a 40-metre (130 ft) high Aurora Cliff. ... Yalta (Ukrainian: , Russian: , Crimean Tatar: ) is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea. ...

United Kingdom

Black Castle Public House, Bristol.

• Ashton Memorial, Lancaster, England
• Beckford's Tower, Somerset, England
• Broadway Tower, The Cotswolds, England
• Bettisons Folly, Hornsea, England
• Black Castle Public House, Bristol, England
• The Cage at Lyme Park, Cheshire, England
• Clavell Tower, Dorset, England
• The Caldwell Tower, Lugton, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
• Dunmore Pineapple, Falkirk, Scotland
• Faringdon Folly, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
• Flounder's Folly, Shropshire, England
• The Folly Tower at Pontypool, Wales
• Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, England
• Freston Tower, near Ipswich, Suffolk
• Gothic Tower at Goldney Hall, Bristol
• The Great Pagoda at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London
• Hawkstone Park, follies and gardens in Shropshire, England
• King Alfred's Tower, Stourhead, Wiltshire, England
• McCaig's Tower, Oban, Scotland
• Mow Cop Castle, Cheshire, England
• National Monument, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Old John, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England
• Peckforton Castle, Cheshire, England
• Penshaw Monument, Penshaw, Sunderland, England
• Perrott's Folly, Birmingham, England
• Pope's Grotto, Twickenham, south west London, England.
• Portmeirion, Wales
• Rushton Triangular Lodge, Northamptonshire (16th century)
• Severndroog Castle, Shooter's Hill, south-east London
• Stowe School has several follies in the grounds
• Sway Tower, New Forest, England
• Tattingstone Wonder, near Ipswich, Suffolk
• The Temple near Castle Semple Loch, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
• Watkins' Tower, London
• Wentworth Follies, Wentworth, South Yorkshire
• Williamson's tunnels, probably the largest underground folly in the world, Liverpool, England

Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 480 pixelsFull resolution (2390 × 1435 pixel, file size: 871 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 480 pixelsFull resolution (2390 × 1435 pixel, file size: 871 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ... Black Castle Public House (grid reference ST611717) is a historic building in junction Rd, Brislington, Bristol, England. ... This article is about the English city. ... The Ashton Memorial is a folly in Williamson Park, Lancaster, England built between 1907 and 1909 by millionaire industrialist Baron Ashton in memory of his second wife, Jessy. ... Lancaster is a city within Lancashire, in North West England. ... Beckfords Tower, Bath Beckfords Tower is an architectural folly built in neo-classical style and situated on Lansdown Hill, just outside Bath, Somerset, England. ... This article is about the county of Somerset in England. ... A view of Broadway Tower which is located in the Cotswolds, England. ... The Cotswolds is the name given to a range of hills in central England, sometimes called the Heart of England, a hilly area reaching over 300 m or 1000 feet. ... Bettisons Folly, Hornsea Bettisons Folly is in Hornsea, East Yorkshire, England. ... , Hornsea is a small seaside resort town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England at the eastern end of the Trans Pennine Trail. ... Black Castle Public House (grid reference ST611717) is a historic building in junction Rd, Brislington, Bristol, England. ... This article is about the English city. ... The south front of Lyme Park, Cheshire as rebuilt by Giacomo Leoni. ... Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a county in North West England. ... Clavell Tower is a folly built in 1830 by Rev. ... Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dɔ.sət], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ... Lugton is a small village in East Ayrshire, Scotland with a population of 80 people[1]. The village is celebrated in the songs of folk music group Nyah Fearties, whose members hail from Lugton. ... Renfrewshire (Siorrachd Rinn Friù in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority regions in Scotland. ... The Pineapple The Dunmore Pineapple is a remarkable folly situated in Dunmore Park, approximately 1km northwest of Airth in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. ... Falkirk (An Eaglais Bhreac, the Variagated [or Speckled] Church [presumably referring to a church building built of many-coloured stones]) in Scottish Gaelic, La Chapelle de Fayerie in French) is a town in central Scotland lying to the north west and north east of the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow... The Folly, from the A420 Faringdon market place All Saints church, Faringdon Faringdon is a picturesque market town in the Vale of White Horse, near the Thames Valley in southern England, United Kingdom. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... Flounders Folly is a tower built on Callow Hill, near Craven Arms, Shropshire. ... Shropshire (pronounced /, -/), alternatively known as Salop or abbreviated Shrops, is a county in the West Midlands of England. ... haha u all uber Headline text noobs gettting hacked to da maxi everyday! y dont u get an anti-hackin html code so u wont be acekd everyday (not like that would work) P.S. Were all in 7th grade Sincerely ofmg the lings!Omfg THE LINGS and raven... Pontypool (Welsh: Pont-y-pŵl) is a town of approximately 36,000 people in the traditional county of Monmouthshire, southern Wales. ... This article is about the country. ... Fonthill Abbey Fonthill Abbey — also known as Beckfords Folly — was a large Gothic-style building built in the turn of the 19th century in Wiltshire, England. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Freston Tower is a red brick folly south of Ipswich in the village of Freston. ... Timber framed buildings in St Nicholas Street The Ancient House is decorated with a particularly fine example of pargeting Ipswich (pronounced ) is the county town of Suffolk and a non-metropolitan district in East Anglia, England on the estuary of the River Orwell. ... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. ... Goldney Hall is one of the three halls of residence in Clifton, Bristol providing accommodation for students at the University of Bristol. ... This article is about the English city. ... “Kew Gardens” redirects here. ... Hawkstone Park lies near to Market Drayton, in Shropshire, England. ... Shropshire (pronounced /, -/), alternatively known as Salop or abbreviated Shrops, is a county in the West Midlands of England. ... King Alfreds Tower or The Folly of King Alfred the Great (grid reference ST746351) in Stourhead, Wiltshire stands near the location of Egberts stone where it is believed that Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, rallied the Saxons in May 878 before the important Battle of Ethandun (now... The Temple of Apollo high on a hill overlooking the gardens. ... McCaigs Tower. ... For other uses, see Oban (disambiguation). ... Mow Cop Castle is at Mow Cop in the county of Staffordshire, England. ... Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a county in North West England. ... The National Monument, on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, viewed from the front The National Monument, Edinburgh is Scotlands memorial to those who died in the Napoleonic Wars. ... For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... Old John Old John at sunset Old John is a folly atop the highest hill in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England. ... Rocks, Old John and the War Memorial Bradgate House, with Old John and the Leicestershire War Memorial on the skyline Bradgate House, chapel and ruined tower Old John Red deer River Lin taken from hillside Bradgate Park is a public park in Leicestershire, England, just northwest of Leicester. ... Leicestershire ( IPA: (RP), IPA: (locally)), abbreviation Leics. ... Peckforton Castle is a Victorian country house built in the style of a medieval castle. ... Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a county in North West England. ... Penshaw Monument Penshaw Monument was built in 1844 on Penshaw (pronounced Pensher) Hill, Durham, North-East England, between the towns of Washington, Tyne and Wear and Houghton-le-Spring. ... Penshaw Monument, from Herrington Country Park Penshaw Monument, from the south The village of Penshaw (IPA: ) is an area of the Sunderland Metropolitan Borough, about three miles north-by-east of Houghton-le-Spring, just over the River Wear from Washington. ... , The Wearmouth Bridge Sunderland (pronounced: , or ) is a city in North East England which was formerly a county borough, and is now part of the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear. ... Perrotts Folly Perrotts Folly, grid reference SP047862, also known as The Monument, or The Observatory, is a 29-metre (96-foot) tall tower, built in 1758. ... Birmingham (pron. ... Twickenham is a suburb in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, south west London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The central Piazza and Gloriette. ... This article is about the country. ... The Triangular Lodge is a folly, designed and constructed between 1593 and 1597 by Sir Thomas Tresham in Northamptonshire, England. ... Severndroog Castle is a folly (designed by architect Richard Jupp in 1784) situated on Shooters Hill in south-east London in the London Borough of Greenwich. ... Shooters Hill is a place in the London Borough of Greenwich in south-east London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Stowe School is a well known British public school in Stowe, Buckinghamshire. ... Sway is a village in Hampshire in the New Forest in England. ... For other uses, see New Forest (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Timber framed buildings in St Nicholas Street The Ancient House is decorated with a particularly fine example of pargeting Ipswich (pronounced ) is the county town of Suffolk and a non-metropolitan district in East Anglia, England on the estuary of the River Orwell. ... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. ... A 2 mile inland loch at Lochwinnoch in Renfrewshire, Scotland. ... Renfrewshire (Siorrachd Rinn Friù in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority regions in Scotland. ... Watkins Tower was a partially-completed building in London also known as Watkins Folly. Shortly after the construction of the Eiffel Tower a British Member of Parliament, Sir Edward Watkin, proposed the construction of a tower in Wembley Park, London, that would be 46 metres (150 feet) taller. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Wentworth Woodhouse from A Complete History of the County of York by Thomas Allen (1828–30). ... Wentworth is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire. ... South Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office Region of England, in the United Kingdom. ... Graffiti circa 1960s on the wall of The Williamson Tunnels The Corner tunnel and arch constructed out of individual sandstone blocks with view of Biddulphs factory rubbish chute. ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ...

United States

High Service Water Tower (1895), Lawrence, Massachusetts

• Gillette Castle, Connecticut
• Belvedere Castle, Central Park, New York
• Lawson Tower, Scituate, Massachusetts
• Ypsilanti Water Tower, Ypsilanti, Michigan
• Lucy the Elephant, Margate City, New Jersey
• The "handles" on top of The Longaberger Company Headquarters, Newark, Ohio
• Peachoid Water Tower, Gaffney, South Carolina
• Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, California
• Bishop Castle, outside of Pueblo, Colorado
• Körner's Folly, Kernersville, North Carolina
• Experience Music Project, Seattle, Washington
• Harold's Auto Station, Spring Hill, Florida
• Boldt Castle, Thousand Islands
• Chicago Water Tower, Chicago, Illinois
• Cinderella Castle and Sleeping Beauty Castle, at Lake Buena Vista, Florida and Anaheim, California, respectively
• Disneyland's Matterhorn, also at Anaheim, California
• The Trylon and Perisphere, as well as the Unisphere, Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York
• Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - some parts of said city hall are "follies", particularly the famous tower topped by William Penn.
• Carhenge, Alliance, Nebraska

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 970 KB)High Service Water Tower (1895), also called Tower Hill Water Tower, Lawrence, Massachusetts. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 970 KB)High Service Water Tower (1895), also called Tower Hill Water Tower, Lawrence, Massachusetts. ...   Settled: 1655 â€“ Incorporated: 1847 Zip Code(s): 01840 â€“ Area Code(s): 351 / 978 Official website: http://www. ... Gillette Castle State Park is located in East Haddam, Connecticut. ... Official language(s) English Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Largest metro area Hartford Area  Ranked 48th  - Total 5,543[2] sq mi (14,356 km²)  - Width 70 miles (113 km)  - Length 110 miles (177 km)  - % water 12. ... Belvedere Castle Belvedere Castle sits upon Vista Rock in Central Park, New York City. ... Central Park is a large public, urban park (843 acres, 3. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Scituate, Massachusetts is a small seacoast town located in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod Bay midway between Boston and Plymouth. ... The Ypsilanti Water Tower, nickamed by some The Brick Dick, is a historic water tower in Ypsilanti, Michigan. ... Nickname: Motto: Pride. ... Lucy the Elephant, July 2004 Lucy the Elephant is a six-story elephant-shaped architectural folly constructed of wood and tin sheeting in 1882 by James V. Lafferty in Margate City, New Jersey, two miles (3. ... See also: other Margates Map of Margate City in Atlantic County Margate City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey. ... Longaberger headquarters in Newark, Ohio, a giant Longaberger Medium Market Basket. ... Newark is a city in Licking County, Ohio, 33 miles (53 km) east of Columbus, at the junction of the forks of the Licking River. ... The Peachoid is the name of a very large water tower in Gaffney, South Carolina. ... Gaffney is a city in Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States. ... The Winchester Mystery House is a well-known California mansion that was under construction continuously for 38 years and is reputed to be haunted. ... For other uses, see San José. Nickname: Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... The front half of Bishop Castle. ... The City of Pueblo (IPA: //) is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat of Pueblo County, Colorado, USA. Pueblo is situated at the confluence of the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek. ... Kernersville is a town located in Forsyth County, North Carolina. ... View of the EMP from the Seattle Center with the monorail traveling through it. ... “Seattle” redirects here. ... Spring Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hernando County, Florida, United States. ... Boldt Castle on Heart Island. ... Sunset over one of the smallest islands. ... The 1866 pumping station located across Michigan Avenue from the Water Tower. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This is an article about a structure at Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland. ... Lake Buena Vista is a city located in Orange County, Florida, U.S., at the 2000 census the population was 16. ... Location of Anaheim within Orange County, California Coordinates: , Country United States State California County Orange Government  - Mayor Curt Pringle Area  - City  50. ... The Matterhorn Bobsleds is an attraction made up of two intertwining steel roller coasters at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. ... Location of Anaheim within Orange County, California Coordinates: , Country United States State California County Orange Government  - Mayor Curt Pringle Area  - City  50. ... A trilon is a box in the shape of an equilateral-triangular right prism that is occasionally used on certain game shows to hide information until needed. ... The Trylon and the Perisphere were the central structures of the New York Worlds Fair of 1939-1940. ... The Unisphere, June 2005 Unisphere is a 12-story high, spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth. ... For the actual park named Flushing Meadows, see Flushing Meadows Park. ... Queens is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States, and the most ethnically diverse county in the U.S. It is coterminous with Queens County in the State of New York and is located on western Long Island. ... Philadelphia City Hall is the seat of government for the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... For other uses, see William Penn (disambiguation). ... Full view of Carhenge Carhenge detail Carhenge is a replica of Englands Stonehenge located near the town of Alliance, Nebraska on the High Plains. ... Alliance is a city in Box Butte County, Nebraska, United States. ...

United Arab Emirates

• Burj Dubai

The Burj Dubai (Arabic: Dubai Tower) is a supertall skyscraper currently under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ...

North Korea

• Ryugyong Hotel - started as a hotel project; is now a folly.

, Ryugyong Hotel (at right), towering above Pyongyang The Ryugyong Hotel (or Ryu-Gyong Hotel or Yu-Kyung Hotel or the 105 Building) is a towering, empty concrete shell that was once intended for use as a hotel in Sojang-dong, in the Potong-gang District of Pyongyang, North Korea. ...

See also

• Grotto
• Folly Fellowship
• Novelty architecture
• Boondoggle

This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Folly Fellowship is a society set up in 1988 as a pressure group to protect, preserve and promote awareness of Britain’s follies, grottoes and garden buildings. ... Lucy the Elephant, July 2004 New York-New York Hotel & Casino. ... Boondoggle, in the sense of a term for a project that wastes time and money, first appeared during the Great Depression in the 1930s, referring to the millions of jobs given to unemployed men and women to try to get the economy moving again, as part of the New Deal. ...

External links

• The Folly Fellowship- An organization which celebrates architectural follies
• Follies in the English Landscape
• Follies and Monuments - A comprehensive catalogue of Follies within the UK
• Images of follies on Odd-stuff!
• European Follies - Book to be published 2007
• Kasimira’s Castle, Wichita, Kansas
• (Photo of "Lady Kasimira", with her castle)
• Folie Fatale - About the pleasure of the folly and the passion for the crypt (folly design and explanation)

Nickname: Location in the state of Kansas County Government  - Mayor Carl Brewer (D) Area  - City 359. ...

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