One day, Ferdinand Cheval, a French postman, came across a stone at Hauterives near Lyon, and was fascinated by its strange, evocative shape. He spent the next three decades collecting stones, shells, and fossils, and used them to build the Palais ideal. This book describes many works of architectural fantasy, including Cheval's palace.
Important places
Ave Maria Grotto (3)Chandigarh (4)
Coral Castle (1)
Garden of Eden (6)
Grotto of The Redemption (5)
Maison Picassiette (3)
Watts Towers (9)
Dickeyville (4)
Hauterives (3)
Heidelberg (23)
Lemgo (2)
Niland (2)
Simi Valley (6)
Counties
Palo Alto (5)Russell (8)
Imperial (4)
Ventura (43)
Miami-Dade (358)
Cullman (4)
Los Angeles (1,863)
Grant (5)
Regions
Nordrhein-Westfalen (235)Baden-Württemberg (208)
Kansas (511)
Punjab (29)
Wisconsin (731)
Alabama (831)
Florida (2,551)
Drôme (8)
Eure-et-Loir (40)
California (7,435)
Iowa (567)
Countries
France (7,260)Italy (5,202)
India (1,945)
Germany (3,818)
Hong Kong (194)
United States (64,950)
Other geographical areas
Sonoran Desert (54)Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (198)
Cumberland Plateau (211)
Appalachian Mountains (1,111)
Central Lowlands (North America) (1,334)
Centre — Val de Loire (1,357)
Great Plains (2,255)
Indian subcontinent (2,765)
Southern California (2,840)
Upper Midwest (2,971)
Southern Asia (3,549)
Deep South (4,776)
West Coast (USA) (5,046)