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[quirky music]

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- Dan "Spiffy" Neuman: It is
designed to be sensory overload.

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It is art, it is music, it is
architecture, it is magic.

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We are at the House on the Rock.

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You wanna lean into the spooky
a little bit.

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[door creaks]
[creepy laughter]

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There's no place else like it
in the world.

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- Angela Fitzgerald: Dan
"Spiffy" Neuman knows his way

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around the House on the Rock.

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- Dan: How you doing, Marvin?
- Good, yourself, Dan?

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- Dan: It's good to see you.

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Haven't seen you
in a little bit.

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- Angela: He loves to take
people there for the first time.

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- Dan: It's the first thing
you enter

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where you realize
that what you're seeing

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is not like places
that you've been before.

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- Angela: A place he hopes
elicits the same impact

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as it has had on him.

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- Something out here
is breeding creativity,

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and I'm open to people
calling that

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whatever they wanna call that.

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Magic or inspiration
for the spirit.

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This place, you know,
is definitely a magical place

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in different ways
to different people.

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- Angela: It's been working
its magic on Dan

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after a near-death experience
from COVID.

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- Dan: When I first woke up
from the coma,

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I had to completely reteach
my body how to do everything,

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including walking.

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- Angela: With its gentle
slopes, occasional stairs,

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distance to cover,
and places to pause and reflect,

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the house became key
to Dan's recovery.

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- Dan: Definitely a place
that even now,

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I still sit and stop and rest
for a bit.

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- Angela: But since he first
came here post COVID,

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Dan has persevered.

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- It was very difficult, it was
very painful, but I did it.

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And I enjoyed it

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because of the experience
of all the things I loved here,

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all in one place.

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- Angela: Motivated by all
there is to see and share,

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Dan now dedicates his visits
to helping others

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find their own
fantastical wonder.

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- Dan: There's very few things
that get me as excited

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as when I have somebody new
that hasn't been before

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and I just know that they're
gonna love something.

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There's two places that are
guaranteed to get a reaction

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and I usually film them,
film my guest's reaction.

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- My word!

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- Oh, my God!

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- Holy ----!

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What?

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[bright music]

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- Dan: I think everybody
should see it once.

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- Angela: Step by step, the path
through the House on the Rock

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has been a healing one for Dan,

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aided by those
he has brought along.

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- Dan: This place really helped
with my health journey.

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When you're seeing joy and awe
and wonder

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in somebody else's eyes,

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it not only does it take your
mind off struggle and pain

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and things like that,
but it also makes it worthwhile.

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And as many times as I've come,
it's still worth it.

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So, I'm grateful.