House on The Rock - Wisconsin

 A couple of years ago, I was on a road trip and managed to find this place near Spring Green, Wisconsin, on my way to Taliesin.   I wanted to see Frank Lloyd Wright's house up close. 

I never made it there; instead, I found The House on the Rock, conceived in brilliant madness by a man named Alex Jordan Jr.  You can read more about him here.    I didn't tour the entire complex; I was tired and had already been to the Cave of the Mound earlier that day.   But what I did see, was mindboggling and amazing and intriguing, (too many superlatives?, nah)  you can experience it for yourself.  

The drive towards the house was fascinating, and honestly, if that's all that there was to see, I probably would have been happy.  
There were so many Strawberry Pots festooned with the most fantastical creatures, lining the drive.   I couldn't get pictures of them all.  

I tried, but honestly, when driving a car, one needs to be cognizant of traffic if you're trying to take in everything and also take pictures. 

Once I got to the "House", I discovered I was really tired, but wanted to at least see it.  And true confessions here, I didn't see the whole thing.  I missed the animatronic music portion completely. But I did wander through the 'House' itself, including the museum dedicated to Alex Jordan.   

Legend has it that he constructed the majority of the house with the help of laborers, but he was the one with the vision.  

It was a bit of a maze walking through, some rooms, barely big enough for more than one or two people, others really large.  

I'm going to post pictures of my wanderings.  

I think I spent most of my time there wandering through the museum.  Here's a few more pictures.

 

And then I went into the main house, and WOW, the amount of Tiffany Lamps there is just unbelievable.   

Here are just a few of them... The best part, they were all lit, and you could admire the sheer artistry of Louis Comfort Tiffany.  

 I wandered and took so many pictures, my poor phone's battery almost died. 

There were so many places to look and admire and the whole experience was pretty overwhelming.  But I enjoyed pretty much all of the pictorial overload.  All the little nooks and crannies...  And as a chef, of course I was fascinated by his 'modern' kitchen...

And then I came to the much vaunted 'Infinity' room.  

I'm going to finish off with some more of the Strawberry pots that were decorated, not only drive towards the house, but were also all around the grounds.

I actually purchased one of the replica strawberry pots, but I want one of the full-size ones.  Especially if I can find one with all the creatures crawling around on it.