An article we read characterized The House on The Rock as "The granddaddy of all weird homes and kitschy American roadside attractions". Roadside America rates it as "The Best...a superstar attraction". After visiting the place, we'd have to say they're both right. In our career as a road-tripper we have never experienced anything like it. It's truly something you have to experience for yourself. But be forewarned: sensory overload is a given, and after a couple of hours you'll be wondering, "just how much stuff can one guy accumulate, and do I have the stamina to actually see it all?"
So, here's a few pics of the "Nautical Room" a three-story pretty much life-sized depiction of a giant squid doing battle with a whale--with walkways around the scene full of display cases of scale models of ships and sailing ephemera. This is just ONE "room" of several of this scale and scope of the multiple "collections" to be found in the house. As our title says, it's truly mind-blowing, and one post is simply not enough to do the place justice...stay tuned for more.
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More, please.
Yeah, some folks build elaborate train sets in their basement. Not the same. At all.
Somehow, although we lived within striking distance of that place for decades, we never actually got there. A typical case of missing out on what is in one's own backyard.
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