Taliesin
Americannoun
noun
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On brisk fall mornings, the view from just outside Frank Lloyd Wright’s bedroom is superb: The architect designed Taliesin, his visionary home, to frame the high hills of Wisconsin’s Driftless Area, so named because ancient glacial “drift” never covered this land like it did elsewhere in the region.
“Wright was drawn to the Driftless because of his ancestors, but also because of the wild beauty of this place,” said Carrie Rodamaker, Taliesin’s executive director.
Traveling to Taliesin—a Unesco World Heritage site open to day-trippers as well as overnight visitors attending seasonal workshops—feels like visiting the middle of nowhere.
Only 6 miles from Taliesin, another wonder peeks out of the hills: the House on the Rock.
“Insurance costs, because they are ongoing, do matter in the long-term calculation of whether it costs more or less for any given person to drive an EV versus a gas-powered car,” said Julia Taliesin, who authored the report.
From Los Angeles Times
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