The Wonder Tower

Dustin said to me today, "You gotta stop going to all those crazy places." In honor of that thought here are all my pictures from The Wonder Tower, where PJ and I stopped on our way into Colorado.

First of all, the Wonder Tower is simply amazing. $1 gets you access to 22 rooms filled to the brim (literally) and a slightly sketchy tower from which the elderly couple, Esther and Jerry, claim you can see 6 states.  I don't know about six states, but you can see pretty far.

Jerry is a jovial tour guide, pointing out his favorite treasures and finds.  Everything is an "antique", including the piles of glass bottles and rocks that are seemingly everywhere! In fact, if you can guess the usage of 10 items picked at random, you can earn your dollar back and the whole visit is free! The only problem is that you probably wouldn't correctly guess that the particular piece of metal Jerry is holding was in fact used to castrate bulls over a hundred years ago.... Jerry gets a big kick out of it.

Old fashioned outhouse where I indeed did tinkle.  One of the many pleasures at the Wonder Tower.

There were so many items shoved into each room, that even the ceilings were covered with antiques and junk.  There are supposedly over 20,000 arrowheads on display and countless other collections.

The tower was pretty death defying; the last two flights of stairs were simply boards held into place with a single nail in each end...totally up to building codes.  I don't like heights, but decided to be adventurous and climb up anyways.  Up top it was beautiful and a perfect welcome to Colorado, but once I got back down to the ground level, my legs shook with the unreleased tension.

Actual two headed calf

This is Jerry, giving me things to take pictures with. This gun was really heavy, but so perfect!  If you ever find yourself on I-70 in eastern Colorado around mile marker 371, please stop! You will fall in love with this eccentric couple and their passion for their home.  You can find out actual information about this place on Roadsideamerica.com or in the book "Weird Colorado"... it's awesome!!!