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Description: Learning a second language can be a challenge, but it's a little easier when you learn that new language while you are young. That's why language immersion programs are becoming more popular in North Carolina.

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Learning a second language can be a challenge, but it's a little easier when you learn that new language while you are young. That's why language immersion programs are becoming more popular in North Carolina.

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Many people have no idea that North Carolina has its very own version of utopia - a miniature stone village tucked away in a rural part of Caswell County.

Hey there everyone. This is W R L's hidden historian Heather Leah. And today I am in Shangri La Stone Village. It's a absolutely beautiful hand made miniature stone village. But when I say miniature, it's still big enough to walk through. And I'm hoping that I will be able to keep signal out here because I am in rural North Carolina. Last time I came out here, I wasn't able to hold a live signal. So I'm gonna try because I'm out here again to do another story and I really would love to show it to you. So without further ado, I'll go ahead and turn around the camera and again, if it cuts off, I am sorry, but I hope that you'll be able to see at least some of it today. There is a story and a podcast on W R L dot com with more photos and information if I am cut off. Anyways, this is Shangrila Stone Village and I'm going to start at the beginning right here. So the person who built this village is named Henry Warren and he was a retired tobacco farmer. He built this many decades ago, this village has been here for decades and decades. Um He built it when he was in his seventies and he was dying of cancer. Shangrila. Uh in uh fiction is meant to be kind of like paradise on earth. It's, it's, it's a place of perfection and safety and beauty. It's uh I said it's, it's paradise on earth. Uh in fiction, that's what Shangrila means. And you can see Henry, this is Henry Warren's quote here, let me live in the house by the side of the road and be a friend to man. And so the story, aside from this being extremely beautiful and we're gonna explore it. He made, he made so many buildings during his decade of working on this. And he literally quarried the stone from the earth himself. So he's a retired tobacco farmer. He's by no means an expert in crafting miniature stone villages or architecture or engineering. And yet he made this and we're going to go through it as much as we can today. And I want to show it to you. He made everything a village would need. And again, he's making this as he's struggling and fighting with cancer. Um Again, quarrying the stone from the earth himself. Um I just am not sure I would have the energy for that, but he did because he wanted to create this paradise on earth that would outlive him that people could come and visit and you can come and visit it this is still a family home, a private family home where his kin lives and yet they let it be open to the public because they want people to come visit. Now, he has built a church. These buildings when I heard miniature and I came out here the first time I thought they would maybe come up to my knee. But the buildings are taller than, than most people. Uh, they, they're pretty tall buildings, they're small but they're, they're bigger than you would expect. And it's, they're just completely, not just built but, but decorated. He painted them. And if you look closely, you will see all kinds of little Easter eggs and hidden parts of his personality that he put here. Oh, good question, Deborah. I didn't say yet. Uh Prospect Hill, North Carolina. Prospect Hill. It's about an hour from Raleigh. You can see here. He included, the village has a, a mill and even a water hole where the that can turn the, the mill. Um, he's got a water tower which is pretty impressively tall. He made a jail and it's always fun when you come visit to see who's in the jail today because there's become kind of a tradition of people visiting and leaving toys behind. Um, and there are toys all over and we will look at them. It does look like there is someone in jail today. Well, it's a very confused looking snowman. I'm sorry, Mr Snowman. I'm not sure what you did to end up in jail. Um And again, there's all kinds of buildings. Uh, I believe this is the schoolhouse. Look at this. He's got this archway entering into the school and then someone left behind a vintage Snoopy flying. This was not here before. So this is a new addition. Definitely worth coming to visit. Yes, it's near 86. That's right, Deborah. It's right beside the fire department. Uh it can be hard to find your first time coming out here. Um, but you'll see, uh, the fire department on the side of the road. Uh, and that's usually how I can tell that I'm close by. Uh, there's also, you can't see it from here, but there's a stone pillar that looks a lot like these out there, uh, kind of beckoning people in. So we're gonna walk into the village a little more and he got all these little additions, like little chairs where people could sit, um, little, little doorknobs and overhangs staircases so that you really feel like you're, you're part of this village, you live here. Um And I mean, look at the, the decoration, the, the way he put in the bricks and different styles and patterns to really not just build these structures but give them a, give them a style. So here's another building here. And again, this has been here for decades, you can see he's got like a walkway where you can walk around the edge there. And then, I mean, if you lived here, you would get to live in these enormous buildings and even put the door knobs in the doors. He's got things that I'm not sure what they are like. Um, looks like there's a throne there and I do believe this was a throne. I'm not sure what happened to it. I'm pretty sad. There used to be a place you could sit here, but it looks like perhaps some weathering and damage has happened over the years. There are beautiful places where you can actually tell that, you know, people sized people, uh people who were not, um you know, where people could come visit, not the magical people who live here, but regular people would come and stay and sit and uh enjoy perhaps sitting at this. This used to be a table and some chairs, a little staircase and then we have a um, a fireplace where people could come and sit. So it looks like he did expect that people would spend time here. Uh, and not just wander through. It's like a whole entire courtyard here and then just some beautiful pieces of art that he's put together. And you can see, sadly, things have broken over the years. So there's quite a lot of character here as well. We have another house here and again, I don't know what all of these buildings are, but it's fun to look at them and he put in pieces of art to really give them character. I was told by his family that he would go to little antique fairs and look around and buy things to decorate out here. You can see, I mean, these, these are pretty sizable buildings, very beautiful and you can see there's little, little dogs and things like that and it's hard to tell sometimes. Is it something that he left or is it something that was left by someone who came to visit? Uh, look at the little doors. You can't help but want to know what's, what's inside and wish that you could maybe live here and spend time here. It's another really, really big building. I'm wondering if this might be the hospital. I was told that the hospital was the last building that he ever built. And I don't think he quite finished it. I think that his family finished that one for him. This is, this dog has been here forever. I've come out several times and this is definitely something that Henry left here. So you can see he's got all sorts of little, little decorations and the sizes don't have to match. Right. This will be an enormous dog to live in such a village and quite an enormous headless chicken, but they didn't have to match. It was a place of whimsy and magic and fun and it still is and it's a place where he wanted people to come and visit and for decades, people have come and continued to visit. Looks like somebody left a kindness rock. Let's take a look at it. Oh, look at this and loving memory of Jared White. Maybe so. I didn't even think about that. But people come out here and leave memorials to loved ones. What a beautiful idea. And that's sort of what Shangrila is meant to be a place where you can come and feel the magic. You can see lots of people have left toys. This is very common. You will find toys hiding all over this village. They're the ones that live here. Now, the toys looks like this has become a popular place for the toys to go. Uh But yes, it's meant to be, I mean, again, it's, it's Shangrila. Henry meant for it to be a place that people could visit and uh you know, feel at peace, Shangri it's meant to be. It's Henry's paradise, but it's a paradise. He wanted to share with his neighbors and with people, we're just gonna walk through the uh we're gonna walk through the village from uh beginning to end here. So you can really just get a sense of the size and the scope as we walk through. And again, if you want more of the history and details on this village, uh there is a story on W R L dot com, I will put a link in the comments so that you're able to see it if you want to. But let's just take a walk through and appreciate that. There was a man decades ago who built this and it's still here, this little paradise on earth. When you come here, you can feel how special it is. You can feel the magic. And that as he was fighting a terminal illness, he was building this to be a place that he could enjoy. But also a place that people could enjoy for decades, decades and decades after he was gone. And again, it's only only about an hour away from Raleigh. You first saw it 50 years ago, John Wilkerson, I would have loved to have seen it when it was much newer though. It has held up wonderfully his family. Of course, it shows the love of his family as well to continue caring for it and making sure that it remains a paradise that people can visit. They give you a sense of the size of these buildings. Most of them are maybe 4 to 8 ft tall, depending on the size. The church is very tall. Now, there is more the village ends here. But you can see that he also decorated his yard. There's a beautiful seating area over there that's built of stone and a bird bath. And most importantly, I know that over here there's the sign, welcome, feel free to tour Shangri La Henry's and that donkey that you see every time you come and he seems to be carrying some minions with him today. And if you go down here, there's one last piece that I think is very important in a paradise. By the way, here's a swimming pool. This isn't, this isn't the piece that I think is important in a paradise, but it probably is important to a lot of people. But down here there's a visitor's journal so you can record that you came. I've written in this myself to share my memories of my days coming. And I've made many memories here with loved ones and family and people leave their, their thank yous to Henry and share about how special their day was. And the memory that they've made decades later visiting Shangri La Paradise on Earth built by a man and what he wanted will close with his words once again because I think that's the message of Shangri La. Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man. And he has continued to be a friend to man for many, many decades. Uh Thank you for watching Hidden History with me today and exploring Shangrila listening to the story again. The full story is on W R L dot com. I'll put a link in the comments if you want to see it. There's also a podcast so you can learn more about it there. Uh But thank you for exploring with me today. See you next time for more hidden history. Bye.

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