What a fantastic town. At first I thought, "A Fairie Town". Then I noticed that there are quite a few business buildings. I'm not sure if Fairies work other than being pollenators. Now "Wee Folk" work. Gnomes do garden work. Thank you Purple Moon for the pics. I would love to see it for real. susie

This is truely amazing. They all look so real. I think if you took a pic showing just the town, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Thank you for sharing.

WOW! An awful lot of time and work went into that! It's quite amazing!

You find some of the neatest things, Karen! Thanks!

~Sandy~

How beautiful...

How fun is that?! Great bit of inspiration. Now if I only had the time......:-)

That is incredible workmanship. The little millpond and mill wheel are amazing.

This is an incredible project. It's exactly the thing that a guy would do if he retired from doing it full scale.

The buildings are very pretty and look like the real thing. I'd love to see them in real life.
kathy

A true American craftsman!! Not enough of that spirit around anymore!! Love his house ,too! Jan

That is beautiful. Someone spent a lot of time building those buildings. They are so nice.

When we go to the NC beaches, we travel through that area. Never knew it existed, Karen. How interesting! I just googled it and Roadsideamerica said:

Shangi-La Stone Village - Prospect Hill, North Carolina

Henry L. Warren was a retired tobacco farmer who kept building this collection of 27 leprechaun-sized creations until his death at age 84 (in about 1977).

Shangri-La was conceived by Henry in 1968. The first few buildings were constructed in his side yard next to his house, and the miniature town kept growing. At the same time, he used his creative energy to incorporate 11,000 arrowheads into the walkways of his home.

A sign in front says "Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man."

His wife told us: "As long as he had a cigarette and a Coca-Cola, he'd keep building."

and here's a link to the same as above, thanks Karen, it's very interesting. When I started working on genealogy, I learned that a great grandfather was a stone mason. Maybe it is in the genes to love rocks so much! :-) ~tenderlee

Here is a link that might be useful: roadsideamerica story Shangri La Stone Village, NC