The House on the Rock

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Tom every was a sub contractor for alex jordan. He would sub contract out other workers at the house on the rock. But tom never paid his workers taxes and when the i r s got involved, alex cut tom every loose. The falling out had nothing to do with the epicurean. It wasn't the jail time that destroyed tom every or the fact that his family lost their home. Thats what lady eleanor told me when i visited the ferena. She said: "He was supposed to get the restaurant, and the restaurant went to somebody else, so that we kept the Epicurean"

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But first a look back to a road trip I took to the American heartland in Wisconsin a few yerars back. We visit the house on the Rock and the forevertron. Even though Alex Jordan’s tourist attraction is one of the most visionary unique places in the world you still won’t find it on any of the official Wisconsin art environment maps. This never bothered the guy who put it together Alex Jordan Jr, in fact the whole place was built on the idea of sticking it to the official arbiters of culture, plus it pulls in millions of dollars a year in admissions fees! Plus the Forevertron, a place built on the idea of escape from pain, suffering, and failure.