WELL
WELL THIS
WELL THIS MORNING CHOUX BIG ADVENTURE TAKES US INSIDE WHAT MAY JUST BE THE STRANGER'S
HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY QUITE
POSSIBLY THE WORLD JACK I KNOW
NOT MUCH LEAVES YOU SPEECHLESS
BUT THIS PLACE COMES PRETTY
CLOSE. BOY, IT SURE DOES. YOU
KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK UP THE
DEFINITION OF WEIRD IN THE
DICTIONARY THERE SHOULD BE A
PICTURE OF THE HOUSE ON THE
ROCK. THIS GREAT TOURIST
ATTRACTION IS CLOSED TO THE
PUBLIC FOR THE WINTER BUT THEY
LET US IN FOR ONE OF A KIND
TOUR THROUGH A PLACE THAT
SIMPLY DEFIES WORDS AND EVEN
GRAVITY
. ONE OF THE STATE'S
LARGEST TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
SITS DEEP IN THE WOODS
OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. >> THE
HOUSE ON THE ROCK IS HARD TO
DESCRIBE BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO
OUR BEST. I THINK IT'S UNLIKE
ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD AND
THAT MIGHT JUST BE AN
UNDERSTATEMENT. THE
PRECARIOUSLY PERCHED HOUSE
ITSELF IS A BIZARRE MAZE
OF SPACES INCLUDING THE VERTIGO
INDUCING INFINITY ROOM THAT
EXTENDS 280 FEET OVER THE
VALLEY BELOW. SO HOW ON EARTH
DID THIS BEWILDERING PLACE COME
TO BE? THE HOUSE STARTED AS A
SCULPTING RETREAT JUST A PLACE
WHERE ALEX GORDON LOOKED OUT IN
THE COUNTRY AND VISIT PACIFIES
SAW IT FROM THE ROAD AND THEY
KEPT COMING IN WANTING TO SEE
ALEX. HE WAS GETTING BOTHERED
BY THEM AND SO HE THOUGHT OH
I'LL CHARGE FIFTY CENTS
ADMISSION FOR STAYS HERE BY AN
EXPENSIVE BOTTLE OF SCOTCH AND
FIGURED OH I MIGHT BE ABLE TO
MAKE A LIVING AT THIS THEN DID
ALEX PUT ALL THE MONEY BACK
THE
THE PLACE
THE PLACE EXPANDING TO A TWO AND A HALF MILE SERIES OF WALKWAYS THROUGH AN ENIGMA
OF EXHIBITS EACH STRANGER THAN
THE ONE BEFORE? I'VE TRIED TO
DESCRIBE IT BUT HOW DO YOU
DESCRIBE THIS PLACE TO PEOPLE I
ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE THAT THE
HOUSE ON THE ROCK IS AN AMAZING
COLLECTION OF BUILDINGS,
STREETS. >> IT'S LIKE YOU NEVER
SEE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD
INCLUDING THE WORLD'S LARGEST
CAROUSEL MOST DEFINITELY NOT
MADE FOR THE KIDS. TWENTY
THOUSAND LIGHT 182 CHANDELIER
269 ANIMALS NOT ONE OF THEM A
HORSE BUT PLENTY OF SCANTILY
CLAD LADIES LIKE WE SAID, NOT
ONE FOR THE KIDS. HOW ABOUT A
TERRIFYING SEA CREATURE THAT IS
AS LONG AS THE STATUE
OF LIBERTY IS TALL? YEAH, THEY
GOT ONE OF THOSE TWO BECAUSE
WHY NOT? WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THE
MAN WHO BUILT MOST OF THIS THAT
MADE HIM WANT TO DO SOMETHING
LIKE THIS? WELL, I THINK HE HAD
AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF CURIOSITY
AND THE FACT HE WANTED TO
ALWAYS MAKE SOMETHING BIGGER,
GRANDER, MORE WAS NEVER ENOUGH
.THE HOUSE ON THE RIGHT MUCH
MORE THAN A HOUSE. IT'S ONE
MAN'S DREAM THAT HAS BECOME AN
AMAZING, BIZARRE, ECCENTRIC AND
EVER EVOLVING REALITY
ENTERTAINING VISITORS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND WE
WANT TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS TO
SUE AND JENNY FOR SPENDING
THEIR DAY WITH US. IT WAS TRULY
UNFORGETTABLE HOW IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO EXPERIENCE THE HOUSE ON
THE ROCK YOURSELF THEY OPEN ON
MARCH. THEY ALSO HAVE AN INN
AND RESORT NEARBY. SO STAY A
FEW DAYS. WE HAVE MUCH MORE
INFO. IT'S STILL PICTURES FOR
YOU THAT WILL MAYBE SHOW A
LITTLE BIT MORE AT OUR DOTCOM
CHUCK'S BIG ADVENTURE NOW
FROM ONE ODDITY TO ANOTHER WE
ARE GOING TO WRAP UP THE WEEK
TOMORROW. WE'RE SAVING THE BEST
FOR LAST A VISIT TO THE
NATIONAL MUSTARD MUSEUM. >> THE
STORY OF THIS PLACE WELL YOU
JUST GOT TO HEAR IT FOR
YOURSELF. >> WHO WOULD HAVE
THOUGHT A MUSTARD MUSEUM AND IT
IS GOING TO BE THE BEST OF ALL
THESE PLACES THAT WE I
ESPECIALLY THINK STEVE RHODES,
OUR PHOTOGRAPHER, ONE OF THE
THINGS ABOUT THE HOUSE THE ROCK
IS YOU GO THERE, YOU TAKE IN A
MEMORY BANK BECAUSE IT IS SO
DIFFICULT TO PHOTOGRAPH. IT IS
SO DARK. SO STEVE USED A
SPECIAL