It's in Spring Green, Wisconsin and worth the 15 dollar admission. I am
convinced it is the work of one of the townsfolk who hated Frank Lloyd
Wright because he never paid his bills. The house is a parody of Wright's
style - imagine FLW on LSD and you come pretty close.
There are also several miles of metal buildings snakeing through the
wooded area housing endless collections of doll houses, clocks, music
boxes, whole rooms containing mechanical orchestras, an airplane
hanger sized room for merry-go-rounds and on and on. Truely the disturbing
obsession of a madman! But be prepared to spend at least four hours
trapped in a maze with terrified children.

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Mark Nielsen
Exhibit Designer/Preparator
University of Michigan Museum of Art
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On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Tim A. Reed wrote:

> Meaghan-
>         It almost sounds like you're trying to describe "The House on the Rock" in
> Wisconsin.  I'm not exactly sure of the location, but some of my co-workers
> are saying Dodgeville, WI (?)  It's kind of famous in the midwest, so maybe
> a fellow midwesterner out there on the list can offer a more specific
> location.
> Good Luck-
> Timothy Reed
> Office of the State Archaeologist of Iowa
> University of Iowa
> Iowa City IA
> [log in to unmask]
>
> At 03:38 PM 11/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hello-
> >
> >I'm not on the list so please reply to [log in to unmask]
> >
> >Trying to find information about a house of stone in the US..
> >It's built into and inside a large boulder.  It has many rooms (carved
> >inside of the rock) filled with collectibles, of the owner/builder's
> >own collection.  I believe it also contains the "world's largest indoor
> >carousel"?  There's also a glass "sky bridge" that extends from this
> >house/boulder.
> >
> >I used to have a book about this place; a relative had visited there at
> >one time.  I've looked all over the web and can't seem to find this
> >place listed- and can't remember the name of this museum.
> >
> >Thanks for your help, please respond to [log in to unmask]
> >
> >Meaghan
> >
> >
>