Entry No. 66 — the Chicago file — filed under: outdoor

Forevertron / World of Dr. Evermor

The Forevertron is a 50-foot-tall, 300-ton scrap-metal contraption that the late demolition expert Tom Every built to launch a fictional Victorian inventor into the heavens on a 'magnetic lightning force beam.' It incorporates two 1880s Thomas Edison dynamos and the decontamination chamber from Apollo 11, surrounded by an entire mythology of supporting sculptures. Nearby stands a Bird Band of nearly 70 scrap-metal birds, gigantic insects, and a bellows-driven barbecue train, all rusting quietly in a field behind a surplus-salvage yard.

The move: Stroll the open field together picking out the strangest welded creatures, then trace how the supporting sculptures all feed the Forevertron's invented launch myth.

📍 Before you go Free to visit. Open seasonally (roughly April-December), Thu-Mon with closed days midweek; call ahead as hours vary. About 165 miles northwest of Chicago near Baraboo.

• 📍 North Freedom, WI
• 💸 Free
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Outdoors

Where: S7703 US-12, North Freedom, WI 53951

Hours: Added 2026-06-23 — confirm current hours before you go.

⚠ Seasonal or scheduled — always check before you go.

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last checked: 2026-06-23