Secret of Evermor
Flight of fancy on a monumental scale.
Photography by Buzz and Cheryl Moran, and by Lauren Rauk (bottom right)
Five miles south of Baraboo, Wis., across the highway from an abandoned ammunition plant, lie the larger-than-life sculptures of Dr. Evermor, a visionary Machine Age inventor who is the alter ego of retired salvage dealer Tom Every. I spoke with Every, who, despite being 70 and in a wheelchair, is still adding to the collection.
Buzz Moran: How did this work begin?
Dr. Evermor: It came out of a time of duress in my life, when I was unhappy. I built the Forevertron [the central sculpture] to get me the hell ...
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