# Anyone ever visit The House On The Rock? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 14, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-visit-the-house-on-the-rock/284665 "2005-01-14T04:39:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-visit-the-house-on-the-rock/284665/21 "2005-01-15T21:05:43Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > I though the House itself (as opposed to the miles of collection rooms that follow) was actually quite cool and very stylish, at least in a '60s/'70s sort of way. Not timeless like FLW’s works, but not to be dismissed as kitschy ephemera. Is my taste radar really off-base here? The house had some interesting features, in a '60’s-era Playboy pad sort of way. But since the house represented about 2% of the whole, it could not, to me, redeem the rest of the experience. I recall sitting down in the carousel room, suffering from horrible sensory overload, as the carousel spun, and hideous phantasmagorical animals snarled and leered. French carnival music sounded in my ears. I turned my gaze up to the ceiling, hoping to rest my eyes on something neutral. But what did I see? Dozens of female dress mannequins, clad in old prom dresses, usually with one breast exposed, with styrofoam wings attached to their backs, dangling from wires. I fled, only to find myself in a huge hall hung with red velvet on the walls, devoted to displaying dozens of 8 foot tall beer steins. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-visit-the-house-on-the-rock/284665/22 "2005-01-15T21:32:40Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > The house had some interesting features, in a '60’s-era Playboy pad sort of way. But since the house represented about 2% of the whole, it could not, to me, redeem the rest of the experience. > > I recall sitting down in the carousel room, suffering from horrible sensory overload, as the carousel spun, and hideous phantasmagorical animals snarled and leered. French carnival music sounded in my ears. I turned my gaze up to the ceiling, hoping to rest my eyes on something neutral. But what did I see? Dozens of female dress mannequins, clad in old prom dresses, usually with one breast exposed, with styrofoam wings attached to their backs, dangling from wires. > > I fled, only to find myself in a huge hall hung with red velvet on the walls, devoted to displaying dozens of 8 foot tall beer steins. Wow. I second the comment of an earlier poster - this sounds like something from an interactive fiction game. Not so much _Zork_, though - I’m thinking “The Lurking Horror”. HOTR doesn’t sound particularly Lovecraft-ian (Hail Cthulhu!), but it seems to share the mindf–kness. If that makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-visit-the-house-on-the-rock/284665/23 "2005-01-16T04:05:20Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > I fled, only to find myself in a huge hall hung with red velvet on the walls, devoted to displaying dozens of 8 foot tall beer steins. Well, there’s your problem. You should have hopped on the carosel and let it carry you to Valhalla. **BBVL** , in case you were wondering, pasties are also real. -lv ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-visit-the-house-on-the-rock/284665/24 "2005-01-16T04:39:25Z")
> [@LordVor](#): > > **BBVL** , in case you were wondering, pasties are also real. > > -lv I think I have been whooshed. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-visit-the-house-on-the-rock/284665/25 "2005-01-16T04:48:56Z")
Hated it. The world’s largest collection of tacky crap pretty much buries the few interesting things. And it’s pricey. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecc23a/32.png) [@Uncle\_Dragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Dragon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-visit-the-house-on-the-rock/284665/26 "2005-01-16T04:58:43Z")
I haven’t been there in years, but I’ve always enjoyed the house itself (the Infinity Room will give anyone with a fear of heights the heebie-jeebies). The rest of the place can be rather daunting, but if you go in with the right state of mind, can be rather entertaining. I must admit a fondness for the pneumatic orchestra playing The Flight of the Bumblebees. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-visit-the-house-on-the-rock/284665.md?page=1)