House on the Rock

Continuing on with yesterday’s trip to The House on the Rock in southwest Wisconsin…

This first photo shows a wall hanging in the visitors’ center.  On it is a view of the house which the tour does not include.  It shows that the house really is built on top of a rock!  Pictured also is Alex Jordan,  the one who envisioned, designed, and built this place.   

After buying your ticket, you follow the walkway up to the house:

The next photo shows the exterior of the walkway.  How else would you get to a house on a rock unless you are a rock climber!?

From the walkway we could look down and see the Japanese Garden…

…and another garden on the other side:

It was quite dark inside the house and my photos from there didn’t turn out very well, but I did get pictures of the Infinity Room which I will show you tomorrow.  It is quite a place---unsupported from beneath and extends out from the main house above the wooded valley below.  You can see it in this final photo: