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FRANCE - CIRCA 1900: Drome, France - Sculpture from the "Ideal Palace" built by the Postman Cheval ("le Facteur Cheval") in Hauterives - this structure was built at the turn of the 20th century by the local postman of the town who used whatever objects he could find--shells, broken pieces of pottery etc--to build and decorate his "castle" ; he spent 33 years working on the building which is now a tourist site in France. (Photo by Francois LE DIASCORN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

FRANCE - CIRCA 1900:  Drome, France - Sculpture from the "Ideal Palace" built by the Postman Cheval ("le Facteur Cheval") in Hauterives - this structure was built at the turn of the 20th century by the local postman of the town who used whatever objects he could find--shells, broken pieces of pottery etc--to build and decorate his "castle" ; he spent 33 years working on the building which is now a tourist site in France.  (Photo by Francois LE DIASCORN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)