Category: art environment
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The 5th Greatest Art Environment of 2022: L.J. MAASDAM’S WAGON WHEEL TOWER
At the age of 90, on a farm near Grinnell, Iowa just 45 minutes East of Des Moines, Leonard J. Maasdam (1904-2003) completed a nearly 60-foot tall wheel tower in the middle of some cornfields. While there isn’t much else…
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Dickeyville Grotto: Art Environment Tour #8
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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Father Scheier’s St. Peter’s Rock Grotto: Art Environment Tour #7
FATHER SCHEIER St. Peter’s Rock Grotto (1926-1933); Farmer, South Dakota
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SHOP: Jubilee Rock Garden and Christensen Rock Garden
New vintage postcards added to the shop. Shout out to the Jubilee Rock Garden and Christensen Rock Garden.
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THEN vs. NOW: Christensen’s Rock Garden
While the Rock Garden created by John Christensen in Albert Lea, Minnesota is a sight to be seen now — thanks in large part to the Kohler Foundation — check out how beautiful it once was.
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SHOP: Grotto of the Redemption Vintage Postcards
Shop over a dozen vintage postcards c. 1950s highlighting Father Paul Dobberstein’s visionary Shrine of the Grotto of the Redemption in West Bend, Iowa.
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John Christensen’s Rock Garden (aka Itasca Rock Garden): Art Environment Tour #4
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.
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William Notzke’s Jubilee Rock Garden: Art Environment Tour #3
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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PHOTOS: William Notzke’s Jubilee Rock Garden
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Father Paul Dobberstein’s Grotto of the Redemption: Art Environment Tour #2
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…