Modeled partly on the Dickeyville Grotto, Madeline Buol spent 15 years building a backyard shrine that is now on view at the ...

Modeled partly on the Dickeyville Grotto, Madeline Buol spent 15 years building a backyard shrine that is now on view at the Kohler Arts Center.

Mary's niche is flanked by niches containing the Infant Jesus of Prague (Buol's tribute to a famous 16th-century statue) and St. Joseph, and by embellished versions of the U.S. and papal flags.

Mary's niche is flanked by niches containing the Infant Jesus of Prague (Buol's tribute to a famous 16th-century statue) and St. Joseph, and by embellished versions of the U.S. and papal flags.

She first built a niche to house a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, incorporating four rocks from the Dickeyville Grotto that Wernerus had given her. Mary's niche is flanked by niches containing the ...