What) Alex Jordan, Junior wanted to teach Frank Lloyd Wright a thing or two about architecture. The lesson started years ago. Jordan's dad, a budding architect, had been dismissed at Wright's Taliesin home, near Spring Green, with the declaration, "I wouldn't hire you to design a cheese crate or a chicken coop." Soon after, the senior Jordan chose a pinnacle rock south of Taliesin to build a parody of Wright's fancy-pants architecture, a strange "Japanese house."  The House On The Rock opened to the public in 1961. Today, it is only a small portion of the magical collection that spits in the eye of Mr. Big Deal Dead Architect. House on the Rock is, without a doubt, the mecca of roadside attractions.

    - Heritage Of The Sea is a three-level blimp hangar-of-a-room that is dominated by a 200-foot long sea monster battling a giant squid.
    - The Carousel Room wakes you up with a cacophony of music. The 239 carousel beasts, collected from around the world, are half-human and demonic looking; a runaway circus from Hell. Hundreds of topless mannequin angels hang from the walls and rotate overhead.
    - The Organ Room is crisscrossed by catwalks and affords all possible camcorder angles of the huge theatre organs, giant copper vats and immense red glass chandeliers. (1)
    - The Infinity Room extends 218 feet into space and sits 156 feet above the valley floor. As we walked out people were turning back. The slight bounce of the floor and the height were too much for them. (2)

    Where) 5754 Highway 23   From March 15 - April 29 it is open daily from 9-5    Adults: $20    1-608-935-3639

    Why) This was certainly one of the Buckys that I was most looking forward to. In fact, it sounded like it would be everything a Buckys should be.  Unfortunately, it wasn't quite open for the season even though we stopped by on March 23.