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visionary folk art environments
in the united states


"That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great."
Willa Cather


map of u.s. environments

map of world environments

the african-american heritage museum, aurora, illinois

ave maria grotto, cullman, alabama

the beer can house, houston, texas

the black madonna shrine and grottos, eureka, missouri

bottle village, simi valley, california

the boyer museum, belleville, kansas

brown's flower shop (the future past), littleton, north carolina

casa de azucar, el paso, texas

casa de colores, las vegas, new mexico

cascada de piedra pinta, san angelo, texas

the cathedral of junk, austin, texas

chateau laroche, loveland, ohio

the cross garden, prattville, alabama

"the decoupage house", galveston, texas

eliphante, cornville, arizona

the eye of the world, beaumont, texas

the flower man's house, houston, texas

the forevertron, baraboo, wisconsin

pearl fryar's topiary garden, bishopville, south carolina

the garden of eden, lucas, kansas

grandview, hollandale, wisconsin

the grotto of the redemption, west bend, iowa

the hartman rock garden, springfield, ohio

haw river crossing, bynum, north carolina

helen's garden, santa fe, new mexico

kenny hill's sculpture garden, chauvin, louisiana

holy ghost grotto, dickeyville, wisconsin

jolly ridge, guttenberg, iowa

lafleur grotto, byron, illinois

louis lee's rock garden, phoenix, arizona

m.t. liggett's totems, mullinville, kansas

margaret's grocery, vicksburg, mississippi

the mindfield, brownsville, tennessee

molehill, sauk rapids, minnesota

the home of werner & thekla muense, minneapolis, minnesota

mystery castle, phoenix, arizona

the orange show, houston, texas (+ the art car parade)

the land of pasaquan, buena vista, georgia

the petersen rock gardens, redmond, oregon

prairie moon garden, cochrane, wisconsin

richart's ruins (the art yard), centralia, washington

dionicio rodriguez in memphis (the crystal shrine grotto)

dionicio rodriguez in san antonio

salvation mountain, niland, california

shangri-la, prospect hill, north carolina

vollis simpson's whirligigs, lucama, north carolina

dan slaughter's sculpture park, mcgregor, iowa

the home of dr. charles smith, hammond, louisiana

sunnyslope rock garden, phoenix, arizona

tellen woodland sculpture garden, sheboygan, wisconsin

the temple of tolerance, wapakoneta, ohio

tinkertown, sandia park, new mexico

totem pole park, foyil, oklahoma

the UCM museum, abita springs, louisiana

the sculpture garden of bobby valdez, las vegas, new mexico

the watts towers, watts, california (+ scale model)

wegner grotto, cataract, wisconsin

wisconsin concrete park, phillips, wisconsin

other visionary artists
and environments

the art & architecture of charlie stagg, vidor, texas

the biblical monuments of donald keeney, san angelo, texas

the art of shawn corbett

isaiah zagar's magic gardens, philadelphia, pennsylvania

the art of mr. imagination

las pozas, xilitla, mexico

studio gallery and sculpture garden, chamisal, new mexico

the art of tammy jean lange (tattoo tammy)

the tile house, albuquerque, new mexico

the art of ras wayne vicks

in memoriam:
sites no longer extant

concrete city, orangeburg, south carolina (SCULPTURES RELOCATED)

the art of carl peterson, st. james, minnesota (SCULPTURES RELOCATED)

the fan man's house, houston, texas

germantown backyard, louisville, kentucky

richard gilliam's house, san antonio, texas

paul hefti's yard, la crosse, wisconsin

everhart maupin's house, lexington, kentucky

sam mirelez's birdhouse yard, san antonio, texas

ray's ornamental gardens, stephenville, texas

the shell fence, st. petersburg, florida

tattoo tammy's tiny town, between madrid & cerrillos, new mexico

the (toledo) garden of eden, toledo, ohio

the totem tree, cayuga county, new york

all photos copyright Lawrence Harris except for
Gene Hochhalter's photos of The Boyer Gallery


a tribute to Seymour Rosen


So much more can be found here:


Detour Art

(a project of Ms. Kelly Ludwig, The Queen o' Design from the great City o' Kansas)

SPACES

(Seymour Rosen's ground-breaking folk art environment preservation and awareness organization)

The Kohler Foundation

(A private Wisconsin-based organization dedicated to education, the arts,
and the preservation of vernacular art environments)

Links to more visionary folk art environments:

"Capturing Nature: The Cement Sculpture of Dionicio Rodriguez"

Tom Hendrix's Wall, Lauderdale County, Alabama

Gus Brethauer's Garden (Somewhere Over the Rainbow), Phoenix, Arizona

Lacey Michele's Castle, Omaha, Arkansas

Cabot's Pueblo Museum, Desert Hot Springs, California

Capidro, Palo Alto, California (NO LONGER EXTANT)

The Bottle Chapel at Tio's Taco's, Riverside, California

Cano's Castle, Antonito, Colorado

Bishop Castle, Beulah, Colorado

The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly, Washington, D.C.

Our Lady of Sorrows Grotto, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

the rock wall at the Porter House Museum, Decorah, Iowa

Three Sisters Garden, Goshen, Massachusetts

The Paper House, Rockport, Massachusetts

The Heidelberg Project, Detroit, Michigan

Silvio's Italian-American Museum and Pizzaria, Detroit (Redford), Michigan

Pathways Through the Bible, Joliet, Montanta

Rolling Thunder Park, Imlay, Nevada

The Shaffer Hotel, Mountainair, New Mexico

Roy Smith, Questa, New Mexico

Veronica Terrillion's Sculpture Garden, Indian River, New York

Petrified Wood Park, Lemmon, South Dakota

Millennium Manor, Alcoa, Tennessee

The Minister's Treehouse, Crossville, Tennessee

E.T. Wickham Stone Park, Palmyra, Tennessee

the totems of Felix "Fox" Harris on display at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas

Gehrke Windmill Garden, Electric City, Washington

The Rainbow House, Vancouver, Washington (NO LONGER EXTANT)

Wouterina's Garden, Beldenville, Wisconsin

The Rudolph Grotto, Rudolph, Wisconsin

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