Ted H.
Yelp
Let's start by painting a picture of the Tinker Swiss cottage tour. Oddly enough, the tour starts in a gift shop, which was formerly a barn. Our tour guide was relatively informative, had some snappy replies, and was slightly uncomfortable speaking. That being said, the tour guide is a volunteer and intended well. The residence consisted of a large amount of original items from the "tinker times" as the tour guide states. It was a very interesting residence and we enjoyed learning the inspirations of the home. We also liked seeing the work that Tinker had done himself such as his root wood furniture.
The downside is the surrounding area is decrepit and garbage loosely finds it's way around the outside area, which shadows the fantastic work Tinker put into this house. Some of this garbage includes a junk tire in the creek below the beautiful limestone cliff, an abandoned building right next to the property, grocery bags in the trees, and low income housing.
Apart from that the house itself is a great work of art. Additions were done to the house, which are oddly obvious and patchy looking, but overall we were impressed primarily by the greenhouse and library.
This place is also to known to be haunted, if that interests you. It was also visited by paranormal investigators due to paranormal activity. There's an Indian burial and eight people are known to have passed away there. As a result, they also have haunted tours once in a while.
