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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Carousel of Happiness

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

A music box given to Scott Harrison while he served in Vietnam inspired him to hand-carve all the animals for the Carousel of Happiness in Nederland, Colorado. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/carousel-of-happiness

Transcript

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0:00.0

So I just drove about half an hour on a beautiful winding road from Boulder, Colorado to the

0:11.6

mountain town of Netherlands, which is where I am now.

0:15.5

I'm in a parking lot, but surrounded by gorgeous scenery.

0:20.6

There are no captain mountains in the background.

0:23.7

The hills are green and covered in trees.

0:26.8

People come from all around the area to go on a hike here or visit the brewery, which

0:32.0

I hear great things about.

0:34.3

But I am here today to go to a carousel.

0:39.1

It has such a beautiful backstory and sounds so unique that I really just wanted to see

0:44.6

it for myself and I'm planning today to meet the man who built it.

0:56.8

Picking through the doors, I can just barely see through the glass a really beautiful carousel

1:03.9

and I think I see Scott waving to me.

1:07.1

Hi.

1:10.1

Good morning.

1:11.1

Alex.

1:12.1

Alex Scott.

1:13.1

Very nice to meet you.

1:14.1

Nice to meet you.

1:15.1

So nice to meet you.

1:16.1

Nice to meet you.

1:17.1

Very nice to meet you.

1:18.1

Yeah, I hope you don't mind.

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