Category: art environment
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Bishop Castle, an Intricate and Elaborate Art Environment in the Mountains
Over 50 years later, Jim Bishop has made Bishop Castle a roadside stop everyone must make — it’s beautiful, it’s terrifying, it’s really unlike anything.
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L.J. Maasdam’s Wagon Wheel Tower: Art Environment of the Week
At the age of 90, on a farm near Grinnell, Iowa, Leonard J. Maasdam completed a nearly 60-foot tall wheel tower with over 200 wagon wheels, right in the middle of some cornfields.
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John Christensen’s Rock Garden (aka Itasca Rock Garden): Art Environment of the Week
What began as a place to store vegetables turned into a fantasy land that once had walkways over ponds and lush greenery perfect for your wedding photos.
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Dickeyville Grotto: Art Environment of the Week
If you’ve seen one grotto you’ve seen them all… until you’ve see the Dickeyville Grotto. It’s out of this world!
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The Shrine of the Grotto of the Redemption: Art Environment of the Week
“The World’s Largest Grotto”, Father Paul Dobberstein’s stunningly beauitful Shrine of the Grotto of the Redemption in West Bend, Iowa, is one thing you must see before you die.
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William Notzke’s Jubilee Rock Garden: Art Environment of the Week
WILLIAM NOTZKE Jubilee Rock Garden (c. 1939-1963) // Rose and Crystal Quartz from Colorado and Arkansas
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The Greatest Art Environment of 2022: DICKEYVILLE GROTTO
If you’ve seen one grotto you’ve seen them all… until you’ve see the Dickeyville Grotto. It’s out of this world!
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The 2nd Greatest Art Environment of 2022: FATHER PAUL DOBBERSTEIN’S GROTTO OF THE REDEMPTION
Whatever you want to call it — “The World’s Largest Grotto”, “One of The World’s Best Visionary Folk Art Environments” or “The 8th Wonder of The World” — there’s one thing that’s for sure, you have to see Father Paul…
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The 3rd Greatest Art Environment of 2022: WILLIAM NOTZKE’S JUBILEE ROCK GARDEN
William Notzke, born in 1902 in Jubilee Township, was a farmer, a tinkerer, and as stubborn as they come. He didn’t much care for the government’s rules and regulations, but he did want to make the people who came to…
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The 4th Greatest Art Environment of 2022: JOHN CHRISTENSEN’S ROCK GARDEN
What began as a place to store vegetables turned into a fantasy land that once had walkways over ponds and lush greenery perfect for your wedding photos. Thanks to the Kohler Foundation, it may soon return to form.