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  1) Freston Tower
  
  An illustrated introduction by Ed Broom to this six-story 16th-century building overlooking the River Orwell in Suffolk, with extracts about it from various guidebooks.
  
  

  http://www.freston.net/tower/
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  2) Virtual Portmeirion
  
  Online tours, hundreds of photographs and information about Portmeirion, North Wales, a picturesque village created by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, including architectural follies.
  
  

  http://www.virtualportmeirion.com/
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  3) A Scottish Pineapple
  
  J.K. Gillon's illustrated description and discussion of the inspiration for the Dunmore Pineapple garden folly, built in 1761.
  
  

  http://gillonj.tripod.com/ascottishpineapple/
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  4) John"Mad Jack"Fuller
  
  Biography of this eccentric Georgian squire and MP, remembered for folly building, philanthropy and patronage of the arts and sciences. Includes photographs and descriptions of his follies.
  
  

  http://www.johnmadjackfuller.homestead.com/
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  5) Follies, Grottoes and Garden Buildings
  
  Pavilions of Splendour defines a folly and provides illustrated descriptions of some examples.
  
  

  http://www.heritage.co.uk/follies/ffdef.html
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  6) Hawkstone Park and Follies
  
  The official site for this 18th-century garden with grottos and architectural oddities created in Shropshire, England, by Sir Rowland Hill. Photographs, brief history and visitor information.
  
  

  http://www.hawkstone.co.uk/park.htm
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  7) Pharos Follies
  
  David Matthews argues that some buildings meant to be lighthouses are actually follies. He also mentions some odd but functional lighthouses and mock-lighthouses. Discussion, photographs and map of locations.
  
  

  http://pharos.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/
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  8) Beckford's Tower
  
  Built in 1827 for the accomplished but eccentric William Beckford, it is now a museum. The Bath Preservation Trust provides photographs, a brief history and description, and visitor information.
  
  

  http://www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk/museums/beckford/
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  9) Follies and Monuments
  
  Eccentric buildings built by British eccentrics. A photograph and description of each building arranged by county, or accessible via the clickable map.
  
  

  http://homepage.ntlworld.com/follies/
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  10) Painswick Rococo Garden
  
  Official site for this 18th-century garden dotted with follies. Photographs, description and visitor information.
  
  

  http://www.rococogarden.org.uk