It says no dogs allowed but I saw a little white dog piss on a wooden-framed lantern in the gift shop.
A sign near the kaleidoscope suggests that "visitors with a history of vertigo, seizures, back, neck & shoulder discomfort and migraines" may want to skip the kaleidoscope show.
The thrill of such novelty accompanies a mild disappointment, when you realize the kaleidoscope--which really is big, at least as far as kaleidoscopes go--centers around a video screen. Yeah, it's a digital kaleidoscope. But the giant mirrors are real (I think). You go into this former grain silo, the outside of which is painted gold, including the dome, which is reminiscent of that one building on Little Saint James. I guess the weirdo who put this kaleidoscope together however many years ago had a set of peering eyes painted on the outside of the grain silo/kaleidoscope and I saw pictures of those eyes in a newspaper clipping and the eyes on the domed tower definitely radiated weird illuminati energy.
Anyway you go into this old grain silo. The attendant tells you you can lean against these weird angled furnishings to peer up into the dome for the length of the 10-minute show. I decided to lay on the floor instead. The digital video aspect of it seemed like cheating to me. There was a voiceover of a British lady talking about stardust or some shit. And there was some music that sounded like Gold Panda or Boards of Canada, but Upstate.
It was only $5. If we hadn't gone, I would have wondered forever.