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Mitchells Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota, USAMitchells Corn Palace, The Worlds Only Corn Palace at Mitchell, South Dakota, USA. The card notes that this building is redecorated annually at a cost of $10
Stourhead, Wiltshire. Date: 1960s
Scrabo Hill Tower, Co. Down, Northern IrelandScrabo Tower is located to the west of Newtownards in County Down, Northern Ireland. Built on a volcanic plug above the town in 1857 as a memorial to Charles Stewart
Ardconnel Terrace, Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland, McCaig TowerArdconnel Terrace, Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland showing the McCaig Tower. Situated on the west coast of Scotland and built of Bonawe granite between 1897 and 1902
Leith Hill Tower, Surrey, the highest point in the county, built in 1766 by Richard Hull, as a viewpoint. Legend has it that his last request was to be buried upside down in it
Thames Steamer TimetableNotice of sailings of Thames steamers operated by Salter Brothers of Folly Bridge, Oxford
The Headington SharkThe shark was placed on the roof on 9 August 1986, the 41st anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Made by John Buckley, 25 feet high and made of fibreglass
The Folly Theatre, Peter Street, ManchesterPromotional postcard showing a playbill of the acts playing at the Folly Theatre of Varieties, (known as the Folly) Peter Street, Manchester for the week commencing Monday, 24th March 1889
River Tay from Kinnoull Hill, Perth, Scotland Date: circa 1890
The Watlington White Mark, Oxfordshire. The chalk scar was dug into Watlington Hill in 1764 to give the illusion that the town's church had a spire
John Mad Jack Fullers Obelisk The Brightling Needle, SussexJohn " Mad Jack" Fullers Obelisk: The Brightling Needle, Robertsbridge, East Sussex. Date: 1905
Helens Tower, Clandeboye Estate, Bangor, Northern IrelandHelens Tower, Clandeboye Estate in Bangor, Northern Ireland. Commissioned by Lord Dufferin of Clandeboye, designed by Scottish architect William Burn and named in honour of Dufferins mother
Nottingham -- Radford FollyHolidaymakers at Radford Folly, on the Trent near Nottingham Date: 1836
Railway Tunnel HouseA quirky house, built over a railway tunnel at Clayton, Sussex, England. Date: early 1930s
HALFWAY HOUSE TOLLThis striking-looking building, known as the Halfway House, is an old Tollhouse and a well-known landmark on the Bath Road (A4) between Hungerford and Newbury
Frogmore House, Windsor, bequeathed by Queen Charlotte to Princess Augusta. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by John Gendall from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts
Cranbrook Castle, IlfordRaymonds Folly (now gone). Charles Raymond (1713-88) made his fortune as a captain in the East India company. He retired to Essex, where he had a three-sided tower built in 1765
The ornate and beautiful Tower in the grounds of the Chateau Mennechet at Chiry-Ourscamp, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France - destroyed by German forces in 1915 during WW1. Date: 1915
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - Elsinore Tower, Eden Park. Date: 1929
Tower by the Beach, Appley, Ryde, Isle of Wight, HampshireAround 1875 Sir William Hutt had a folly built just above the beach in the form of a castle tower. The tower is circular, with battlements, a turret and an external stair
Volta Tower, Finedon, Northamptonshire - follyVolta Tower, Finedon, Northamptonshire, folly built in 1865 collapsed in 1951 - Thomas E. Pope photo postcard c. 1910 Date: circa 1910
Salter Bros landing stage, Folly Bridge, Oxford, Victorian period
Virginia Water, River Thames, Victorian period
College barges at Folly Bridge, Oxford, Oxfordshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
Cushendall, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland - The red sandstone Curfew Tower built by Francis Turnly who made a fortune with the East India Company in China
White Star Line, Titanic lettercard written on boardWhite Star Line, RMS Titanic - Second Class passenger and victim Henry James Beauchamp, rare Titanic lettercard written on board and posted with original one penny stamp
Heatons FollyThis late 18th century folly was a church-like building with a tower, situated in Peckham, south London, erected by an eccentric by the name of Heaton. Date: 1875
Jacobs IslandView of Folly ditch, Jacobs Island. Jacobs Island was a notorious slum in Bermondsey, London, in the 19th century, located on the south bank of the River Thames
Woman in the sculpture gallery in the Louvre Museum, 1806Fashionable woman in the sculpture gallery in the Louvre Museum, 1806. She wears a straw bonnet with feathers, shawl over a high-waisted dress
The Ruins, Windsor, a Gothic pile built by John Wyatt for the king. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by John Gendall from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1823
Plan and elevation of a Regency Era bailiffs cottage. Floorplan shows two parlors and kitchen. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1817
Thomas Hornors hut above the dome of StThomas Hornors hut on scaffolding above the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral, London, where he painted his giant panorama of London, 1821
Fancy Dress Ball at Princes Skating Club, LondonFancy Dress Ball at Princes Skating Club, Knightsbridge, London. Present, from left to right, are: Violet Cuninghame (Folly), Myra Hamilton (Pierrette, 3rd prize), May Lyle (Geisha)
Macaroon Folly Creation Date: 1935
THE WEIGHING HOUSEThe Weighing House, or degrees of Folly Date: circa 1733
FALL / AIRDALES / 1964CHAMPION LOUDWELL FOLLY Owned by Folly. Date: 1964
Scene from Robinson Crusoe at the Folly Theatre, London. Date: 1876
The Temple of Liberty, Toome, Co. Antrim - a view of a derelict folly with people in the foreground. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Toome). Date: circa early 1900s
Costume / Bourgogne C15Man: very short houppelande or jacket with dagged epaulettes & hanging sleeves, parti- coloured hose, piked shoes & a bandeau. Woman: Hennin & veil headdress, gown & kirtle. Date: 15th century
Reading, Berkshire - William McIlroy Ltd - Oxford RoadReading, Berkshire - William McIlroy Ltd at 6-34 Oxford Road - The store was opened in 1903, and was known as the Crystal Palace of Reading because of its 2000 feet of plate glass windows
Severndroog Castle, Shooters Hill, SE LondonSeverndroog Castle, Oxleas Wood, Shooters Hill, SE London, a folly dating back to the 18th century. Date: circa 1910
Mar del Plata - Argentina - Tower of the MonkThe Tower of the Monk (Torreon del Monje) one of the iconic buildings of the seaside resort of Mar del Plata, Argentina. It is a building of medieval influences
Broadway TowerA beautiful sunset over Broadway Tower, Worcestershire - a striking folly which Lady Coventry had built in the 1790s. It was also once the home of William Morris. Date: 1950s
Young man standing by an ornate Italian-style Grotto or Victorian folly, complete with colonade and cherub... Date: circa 1890s
Perelada Castle - Figueres, Gerona Province, Spain. Built by Viscount Rocabert n the 14th century outside the walled enclosure, beside the Carmelite Covent. Date: circa 1930s
Entrance to Port Antonio, Jamaica, West Indies, with the Folly Point lighthouse on the left, and the Titchfield Hotel in the centre distance. Date: circa 1910
Solomons Temple, Buxton, DerbyshireSolomons Temple (Grinlow Tower), Buxton, Peak District, Derbyshire - a Victorian Fortified hill marker. Date: circa 1920s
The Folly of Riches - Luke 12. circa 1688