House Of Eternal Return, Santa Fe, NM
George R.R. Martin, author of the Game of Thrones books, bought an empty bowling alley in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and rented it to a 135-member group of artists. What did they choose to do? They created an elaborate interactive art installation.
This place is a 3D environment, part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym. According to Atlas Obscura, the 20,000sqft space is fully explorable, with visitors piecing together a random story on their own. It’s not your typical museum where you just see and observe. You are part of the art! There are a total of 70 distinct interconnected spaces that fill the house.
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Once on the Victoria Beach, do you walk north or south along the beach to the tower?
OMG my school, the Fashion Institute of Technology took us here as field trip, I guess. I graduated in 1979. It was an art history course.
Interesting tidbits of information about each of these “finds” for those who travel around our country !
Huell Howser of Calgold once did a whole segment on this. Fascinating!
Discovered this place with a friend and Tourguide colleague, while touring downtown LA. I bought several books then.
During covid, they found a way to remain in business, by going online, which made me feel better, because I love the building and the store. Right across is an old building dating from the beginning of the Cinema, where stars like Charles Chaplin used to stay and they now have a French Restaurant, which I hope remained in business during covid. Too many Los Angelinos, don’t even know that part of Los Angeles where the Movie Industry really took off after escaping the Monopoly of Thomas Edison, with the silent version of the Count of Monte Christo.
An Iconic monument to visit.
I lived in Wilmette in 1966.
Chet Zaneski