![]() “Currently publishing My World Book 1: Hitching the Globe on $10 a Day, he leads a bi-hemispheric life, as a mountain man in the hills of Minas Gerais, Brazil who comes down to the sea at Miami Beach, Florida. ![]() Nothing in his background, from a degree in Visual & Environmental Studies at Harvard to an MBA from Wharton, adequately prepared him for the experiences. This museum is a family enterprise fueled by hard work, independence, persistence and dreams. “Ben Batchelder has traveled some of the world’s most remote roads. Three guests at a White House LGBTQ+ Pride party on Saturday have been banned from future events after posing topless on the South Lawn. The Abita Mystery House, aka The UCM (pronounced you see um) Museum receives no government grants. Or, as my publisher’s Author Bio puts it: There are few greater pleasures than to share some joys and learnings with others. I encourage you to read more, in my books, in my blogs, in my photos. How I got from there to here is a long story, with many detours, roadblocks, and not a few potholes, but such is the glory of life in its immensity of opportunity. That is, to contribute in my small way to the process of creation. Read our transparency report to learn more. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. There wasn’t any more, strictly speaking, so eventually I had no choice but to create. This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tolkein’s The Lord of the Rings and when I finished its 1000+ pages I cried, wishing for more. ![]() The first book I recall reading alone was J.R.R. Like many in my family, I’m a late bloomer. It has taken me a while to get used to that fact, “to forge in the smithy of my soul,” as James Joyce’s Stephen Dedalus put it, but there you are. No one is uniquely happy or unhappy, creative or uncreative, but I am uniquely me. Abita Mystery House, Abita Springs, LA Hi, my name is Ben and, for those who don’t already know me, I’m a different kind of guy. ![]()
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