{"id":23871,"date":"2020-07-23T16:58:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T21:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=23871"},"modified":"2022-07-07T06:28:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T11:28:09","slug":"house-on-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/house-on-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"The House on the Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring Green, Wisconsin, USA (August 12, 2002)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/8869441764\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7402\/8869441764_c976e8e96e_o.jpg\" alt=\"House on the Rock Object\"\/><\/a><figcaption>This doesn&#8217;t even begin to show the uniqueness of The House on the Rock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am not even sure how to describe <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseontherock.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The House on the Rock<\/a> near Spring Green, Wisconsin (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/xJUpMqoEJs7HXZJ37\">map<\/a>). 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