I know this is a big claim, but through all my travels, I think it may be true. The House on the Rock is located 7 miles south of Spring Green, Wisconsin. It all started as a unique house that was built atop of Deer Shelter Rock by an eccentric man named Alex Jordan. The house itself is a small part of the current attraction, but one of the most interesting. It features low ceilings throughout, self playing music machines, is dimly lit in blues and reds, and utilizes locally quarried stone for the walls and furniture. As the house itself became a popular attraction, Jordan began collecting and expanding. His collection of stuff takes another full 3 hours to view. He has model ships, doll houses, guns, self playing music machines, armor, the world's largest carousel, a steam engine, million pieces of miniature circus people, a three story whale, massive carved ivory statues, and the list goes on. It is imagination and consumerism gone wild. I don't think there is a more American attraction anywhere. Alex Jordan was a man who bent reality to his will, creating wealth, but more importantly, a legacy. And he did it all by buying lots and lots of interesting stuff!
What is that technique called on the carousel picture? I like how you blurred part of it. I feel like I have heard of that before.........
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