Las Pozas, Mexico

Photograph by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel , National Geographic

When a freak freeze killed the orchid collection on his Mexican estate, English eccentric Edward James created Las Pozas, a garden with surreal follies like the concrete Bamboo Palace durable and immune to the vagaries of weather.

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