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$11 for those 12 years and older
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$6 for children 5 to 11 years old.
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Children 4 years and younger are free with an adult.
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In
1952, two college boys searched the Black Hills, looking for the perfect
spot to build a summer cabin. Upon their search, they stumbled into
the mysterious world of the Cosmos. The old cabin areas especially piqued
their interest as the laws of logic and physics seemed to be turned
upside-down. They continued to experiment and develop the demonstrations
until they eventually opened their discovery to the public in 1953.
Cosmos has been delighting guests with crazy fun ever since! Get your
crazy on, and don't think too hard about what happens! Although they
thought it was overpriced for the short amount of time that the tour
lasts, the two RV Gypsies found it to be fun.
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![sign: What is the Cosmos?](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/_DSC0187.jpg) |
Cosmos Mystery
Area is a unique and family friendly attraction, located amongst the
beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota, 17 miles south of Rapid City
on Highway 16, and only 10 minutes from Mt. Rushmore. The two
RV Gypsies enjoyed a 30 minute tour of experiencing a world
where mystery, science and comedy collided as they engaged in-hands-on
experiments. They had an awesome time with the tour of mystery and fun.
Leaving the highway, the two RV Gypsies had to drive on a dirt road. |
![dirt road leading to the Cosmos](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-003-mystery-house.jpg) |
![welcome sign](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-004-mystery-house.jpg) |
For the first
demonstration, the two RV Gypsies each stood on a wooden plank facing
each other. The guide put down a level to prove that the ground was
indeed level and not on an angle. As the two RV Gypsies looked into
each others eyes and changed positions, their height from each other
seemed to change. The photos do not really show much change however. |
![the two RV Gypsies during a demonstration](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-005-mystery-house.jpg) |
![the two RV Gypsies during a demonstration](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-006-mystery-house.jpg) |
Below: Karen Duquette was chosen to participate in a demonstration. The bench
shown below is clearly leaning downhill toward the tour guide. Yet when
Karen firmly rolled the tennis ball towards the tour guide, the tennis
ball came rolling back up the slanted board back to her. |
![Karen Duquette was chosen to participate in a demonstration](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-007-mystery-house.jpg) |
![Karen Duquette rolled the ball downhill](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-008-mystery-house.jpg) |
![the ball rolled uphill](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-009-mystery-house.jpg) |
![the ball rolled uphill](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-012-mystery-house.jpg) |
Karen Duquette
stood on a small bench and although she was standing straight up, the
gravitational pull of whatever magnetic force is located here, kept
pulling her forward. |
![Karen Duquette tried to stand up straight](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-016-mystery-house.jpg) |
![Karen Duquette tried to stand up straight](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-017-mystery-house.jpg) |
Below: Karen
Duquette did NOT find it easy to walk in the cabin. |
![Karen Duquette having a hard time walking in the cabin](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-019-mystery-house.jpg) |
![Karen Duquette having a hard time walking in the cabin](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-021-mystery-house.jpg) |
Below: Lee Duquette
was picked to help demonstrate more of the mysterious gravitational
pull in the cabin. Pushing on a heavy metal block was easy when pushing
in one direction, but difficult to push in the other direction. |
![Lee Duquette was picked to help demonstrate](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-023-mystery-house.jpg) |
![Lee Duquette pushing on the board with ease](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-024-mystery-house.jpg) |
![Lee Duquette pushing on the board but it would not move](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-025-mystery-house.jpg) |
![Lee Duquette](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-022-mystery-house.jpg) |
Below: It was
also difficult to walk outside of the cabin. |
![Lee Duquette outside the cabin](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-026-mystery-house.jpg) |
![Karen Duquette trying to walk](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-042-mystery-house.jpg) |
This board was
supposedly level. Proof of that came form placing a tennis ball on the
board and it did not roll downhill or move at all. But if pushed downhill,
the tennis ball rolled back uphill by itself. |
![another demonstration](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-029-mystery-house.jpg) |
![the tennis ball did not move.](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-030-mystery-house.jpg) |
Below: At first
the lady appeared just a bit taller, or maybe even the same height as
the man. But when they changed positions, the lady was definitely a
lot shorter. |
![height demonstration](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-027-mystery-house.jpg) |
![height demonstration](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-028-mystery-house.jpg) |
![Karen Duquette trying to walk in the crooked cabin](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-037-mystery-house.jpg) |
![Karen Duquette trying to walk in the crooked cabin](2016-05-18-Rapid City-sd-site15/Cosmos Mystery House/2016-05-19-041-mystery-house.jpg) |
There was a lot
more mysterious demonstrations, presumably mostly due to weird gravity
pull. The tour guide made it a lot of fun. |