Boothe Memorial Park, Connecticut

Some may call it a compound of follies, this is indeed a curious collection of unusual architecture amassed and built by the Boothe brothers (David and Stephen), who lived at the site from the early 1900s to 1949. These small structures are mostly reconstructions of historic building types, foreign and domestic. There is also an actual old Merritt Parkway toll booth, relocated here. In 1949 the 32-acre site was given to the City of Stratford as a public park.