>> male announcer: PRODUCTION FUNDING FOR RARE VISIONS AND ROADSIDE REVELATIONS HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN PART BY SPRINT, COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY, CONNECTING YOU TO THE WORLD.

>> man: ♪ WELCOME TO A SHOW ♪ ♪ ABOUT THINGS YOU CAN SEE ♪ ♪ WITHOUT GOING FAR, ♪ ♪ AND A LOT OF THEM ARE FREE.

♪ ♪ IF YOU THOUGHT ♪ ♪ THERE WAS NOTHING ♪ ♪ IN THE OLD HEARTLAND, ♪ ♪ YOU OUGHT TO HIT ♪ ♪ THE BLACKTOP ♪ ♪ WITH THESE FOOLS IN A VAN.

♪ ♪ LOOK OUT.

♪ ♪ THEY'RE DRIVING HARD, ♪ ♪ CHECKING OUT ART ♪ ♪ IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD.

♪ ♪ RANDY DOES THE STEERING, ♪ ♪ SO HE WON'T HURL.

♪ ♪ MIKE'S GOT THE MAP, ♪ ♪ SUCH A MAN OF THE WORLD.

♪ ♪ THAT'S DON WITH THE CAMERA, ♪ ♪ KIND OF HEAVY ♪ ♪ ON HIS SHOULDER.

♪ ♪ AND THAT GIANT BALL OF TAPE, ♪ ♪ IT'S A WORLD RECORD HOLDER.

♪ ♪ LOOK OUT.

♪ ♪ THEY'RE DRIVING HARD, ♪ ♪ CHECKING OUT ART ♪ ♪ IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD.

♪ ♪ LOOK OUT.

♪ ♪ THEY'RE DRIVING HARD, ♪ ♪ CHECKING OUT THE WORLD ♪ ♪ IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD, ♪ ♪ CHECKING OUT THE WORLD ♪ ♪ IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD.

♪ ♪ >> Don: DEAR TV MAILBAG, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT RAINOUTS?

HI, DON THE CAMERA GUY HERE, DRIVEN INSIDE BY SOME INCLEMENT WEATHER AND FORCED TO SHOW YOU MORE BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOOTAGE THAN YOU, PERHAPS, CARE TO SEE.

>> Randy: DID WE MENTION THAT-- >> Don: RANDY'S GETTING IN TOUCH WITH HIS FEMININE SIDE.

THOUGH IN HONOR OF MONTANA, HIS BEARD IS STARTING TO EMERGE.

MEANWHILE, MIKE'S MAKING THE ROUNDS OF OUR HOTEL, WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE AN UNUSUALLY LARGE SUPPLY OF G.O.P.

WAIT A MINUTE, MIKEY, YOU DON'T LIVE HERE.

>> Mike: Shh.

THEY'RE TOO GOOD TO ME.

TOO GOOD TO ME.

>> Don: SO WEATHER OR NOT, IT APPEARS WE'RE HEADING OUT OF BILLINGS.

>> Randy: WE GOT THE IRON?

HOW'S MY BEARD?

>> Don: RIGHT PAST THE PLACE WHERE OSCAR COOKE'S TRACTOR WORLD ONCE DAZZLED PASSERSBY AND ON TO JOLIET, HOME OF CHARLES RINGER, NOTED SCULPTOR AND FAN OF BLACK POWDER FIREARMS.

MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.

>> Ringer: BASICALLY MY MAJOR INFLUENCE IS GROWING UP IN MINNESOTA.

IT WAS MY NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AROUND ME.

EXAMINING THAT, I FOUND ALL SORTS OF GEOMETRICS.

AND WHEN I STARTED WORKING WITH METAL AFTER MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME HOW TO WELD--I WAS ABOUT 14-- I BUILT A SCULPTURE, AND IT KEPT EVOLVING.

AND IT WAS A TRIAL AND ERROR METHOD, BASICALLY.

IT'S ALL ABOUT BALANCE.

AND BASICALLY I USE A MEDIUM THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND DEAL WITH, SINCE IT IS STEEL.

SO OVER THE YEARS, I BUILT UP A TECHNIQUE AND EXPERTISE AT HOW TO DEAL WITH THE MATERIAL AND MAKE IT FLUID.

IT ENDS UP BEING KIND OF A MAGNETISM.

THE MOVEMENT ITSELF WILL JUST DRAG YOU RIGHT UP TO IT.

ACTUALLY, IF YOU WATCH 'EM LONG ENOUGH, THEY GO IN CYCLES.

AND IT'S VERY RELAXING.

THEY'LL GO TOGETHER AND THEN OPPOSITE AND-- TWO UNITS YOU CAN FOLLOW.

THREE UNITS, YOU HAVE CHAOS, 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T FOLLOW THREE THINGS.

>> Mike: THEY FEEL VERY DELICATE.

>> OH, THEY ARE.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY MEASURE THE MOON--FULL VERSUS NOT FULL MOON--WITH THESE THINGS, 'CAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE OF GRAVITY.

IF THE MOON'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET, THERE'S MORE GRAVITY.

IF THERE'S A FULL MOON, THERE'S LESS GRAVITY.

>> Mike: THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS.

>> YEAH, THAT'S WHY.

>> Mike: 'CAUSE I WATCH THAT MR. SCIENCE GUY, AND I SWEAR HE DOESN'T GET IT RIGHT.

>> NO, HE DOESN'T.

THEY JUST SAY IT LIKE IT IS.

>> Randy: WELL, IF WE JUST COME HERE, PRETTY MUCH ALL THE LESSONS THAT WE NEED CAN BE LEARNED, IT SOUNDS LIKE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

IF I DON'T KNOW IT, I'LL MAKE IT UP.

>> Mike: HEY, THAT'S HOW WE DO TV--EXACTLY, WOW.

>> THIS IS A FORD FALCON--1960 FORD FALCON--WHAT'S LEFT OF ONE.

>> Randy: WOW.

>> Mike: THE BEST USE OF A FORD FALCON I'VE EVER SEEN.

>> I THINK SO, YEAH.

THIS I BUILT IN 1984, WHICH IS JUST SCRAP ALUMINUM THAT I GOT FROM ENGINE PARTS AND ELECTRIC MOTOR PARTS, IRRIGATION PIPE, WHATEVER.

>> Mike: IS THERE A DOOR THAT CLOSES?

>> WELL, THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.

YOU BET.

>> Randy: WOW, EXCELLENT.

YOU KIDS, GET OUT OF THE WAY.

NOW, WILL MY BEARD GROW FASTER?

>> OH, YEAH.

>> Randy: IS THIS LIKE A PYRAMID?

WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WATER THERE.

>> Mike: NOT ANYMORE.

>> Randy: I'LL JUST SOP THAT UP FOR YOU.

[laughing] >> Ringer: GREAT.

WE KIND OF HIDE OUT HERE, ACTUALLY.

SO IT'S A FARM--IT'S FORBIDDING FROM THE FRONT, AND IN THE BACK IS GARDENS.

IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE, YOU KNOW?

AND THE PIECES UP FRONT KIND OF REPRESENT SOMETHING THE PUBLIC CAN DO WITHOUT HARASSING ME TOO MUCH, YOU KNOW?

THEY CAN STOP AND TAKE THEIR PICTURES, AND THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST LOVE TO WATCH PEOPLE'S NECKS GO AROUND IN CIRCLES LIKE OWLS, YOU KNOW?

>> Mike: SHOW ME THAT AGAIN, WOULD YOU?

>> YEEOWW!

>> Randy: IS THIS PARTICULAR SPOT WHERE YOU'VE ENDED UP JUST REALLY USEFUL TO THE KIND OF THINGS YOU LIKE TO DO?

>> Ringer: OH, ABSOLUTELY.

HERE YOU HAVE THE FREEDOM TO DO WHAT YOU WANT.

I CAN BLOW MY CANNON OFF IN MY BACKYARD ANYTIME.

NOBODY QUESTIONS IT.

>> Randy: YOU WEREN'T PLANNING ON FIRING YOUR CANNON TODAY BY ANY CHANCE, WERE YOU?

>> Ringer: I COULD.

IT'S ALL INTERRELATED, BASICALLY.

'CAUSE TO DEAL WITH STEEL, YOU'RE DEALING WITH FIRE.

AND BLACK POWDER IS A VERY EARLY FORM OF FIRE.

[cannon fire] >> Don: LIKE CHARLES SAYS, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A BIG BANG.

AND AFTERWARDS, WOULDN'T YOU KNOW MIKE WOULD BE NEEDING A NAP.

BUT THESE AREN'T THE KIND OF ROADS WHERE YOU'D WANT TO RISK BEING ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL.

SO AS WE APPROACH BOZEMAN, RANDY PULLED IT OVER TO PARTAKE IN SOME LEGAL STIMULANTS, AND I FOUND MYSELF MAKING SOME NEW FRIENDS.

>> WHOO!

>> WE'RE IN A MOVIE?

>> WAIT A SECOND!

>> Don: I'D HAVE STAYED, BUT THESE PRODUCERS ALWAYS HAVE A BETTER PLAN.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS ONE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH A BIG CONESTOGA AND CONCRETE OX, A ROADSIDE ATTRACTION BUILT FOR PULLING PEOPLE OFF THE VERY INTERSTATE WE PRETTY MUCH JUST GOT ON.

>> Mike: DON'T HIT HIM.

DON'T-- >> Randy: IF YOU'RE JACK, I'M NOT GOING TO RUN OVER YOU.

>> HI, I'M JACK.

>> Randy: OKAY, SEE?

>> Mike: WELL, LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE MADE SOME SCULPTURES HERE.

>> THIS IS--YEAH, THIS IS A PRAIRIE SCHOONER.

WE MADE THESE BACK IN 1989, '90.

THIS IS NEW FAITHFUL RIGHT HERE.

>> Randy: JACK, WHY WOULD THEY CALL IT "NEW FAITHFUL"?

[laughing] >> Don: HEY, HERE'S A QUARTER.

>> Randy: IS THAT A SACAGAWEA?

OH, MY.

OH, HO.

HOW'S MY BEARD?

>> WELL, ONE TIME I THOUGHT OF MAKING THE COMPLETE AREA INTO A FOLK ART PARK.

THIS IS A MULE DEER.

>> Mike: DON'T GET BIT BY THE BIG SNAKE.

>> Kreitinger: A RATTLESNAKE, A PROSPECTOR PULLING HIS DONKEY.

>> Don: HERE'S A TEST FOR OUR VIEWERS.

HOW MANY CLOWNS IN THIS PICTURE?

>> SEVEN.

[laughing] >> Mike: WE'RE PAYING HIM FOR THIS ABUSE.

>> Jack: IS THAT RIGHT?

>> Mike: NOT VERY MUCH.

>> Randy: YEAH, REALLY-- MINIMALLY, SO IT WORKS OUT OKAY.

>> Don: NOW, THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS MORE.

BUT THE RAIN IS ABOUT TO START AGAIN, SO IT'S BACK IN THE CHRYSLER, LEAVING THREE FORKS BEHIND, WHIPPING PAST BUTTE AND TURNING NORTH TOWARDS MISSOULA, WHERE A NEW, DRYER DAY WILL HOPEFULLY ARRIVE TOMORROW.

[horn honks] SURE ENOUGH, A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY MORNING GREETS US AS WE WIND OUR WAY TO A PLACE DESCRIBED BY THE MONTANA OUTDOOR SCULPTURE GUIDE AS URETHRA PARK.

>> Randy: IT SAID HE'D BE WEED EATING.

>> Don: A DISTURBING COLLECTION OF LATE 20th CENTURY ANGST, WHOSE MAKER--AT LEAST BY OUR STANDARDS--HARDLY APPEARS DISTURBED AT ALL.

>> Olson: I ASSUME YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON YOUR MANIFESTOES.

>> Mike: OH, DO YOU NEED A MANIFESTO TO BE HERE?

>> I'M PRETTY SURE, YEAH.

EVERYBODY'S PRETTY MUCH GOT ONE, YEAH.

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON MINE FOR-- >> Don: WE'VE BEEN MANIFESTERING FOR TEN DAYS, MAN.

[laughing] >> IT'S MY WELDER, THE CAUSE OF IT ALL, AND THIS IS MY FIRST-- >> Mike: FIRST PIECE?

>> FIRST ONE, YEAH.

HE'S WAITING ON A REPAIR.

I'VE TRIED TO MOVE HIM, AND HE BROKE HIS LITTLE NECK.

>> Mike: AWW.

>> HE ACTUALLY LOOKED KIND OF NICE ONCE UPON A TIME, BUT-- >> Randy: SYMBOLOGY IN THE THORAX?

>> I'M SURE IT MUST HAVE BEEN, YEAH.

IT EVOLVED.

YOU START WITH ONE THING, AND IT JUST STARTS GOING TOGETHER.

AND IT'S ALMOST NEVER LIKE WHAT YOU THOUGHT TO BEGIN WITH--JUST WORLDS APART.

MY WIFE WANTED A LITTLE WEATHER VANE FOR THE TOP OF THE HOUSE, THAT'S WHAT SHE GOT.

[laughing] >> Randy: NOT LITTLE.

NOT ON TOP OF THE HOUSE.

>> NO, IT'S TOO BIG A YARD TO PUT LITTLE THINGS IN IT.

LITTLE THINGS GET LOST IN THIS YARD.

>> Randy: WHAT WOULD THAT BE?

>> MY FRIENDS CALL THAT "THE MARRIED MAN."

>> Mike: OOH.

DAY OF THE DEAD ENTRY?

>> DAY OF THE DEAD ENTRY, YEAH.

WE HAVE A GROUP OF GUYS.

WE DO THE DEAD SHRINER THING.

I MEAN, WHAT'S A PARADE WITHOUT A SHRINER?

YEAH, HE'S GOT A LITTLE FEZ GOING THERE.

>> Randy: BUT YOU WERE TRAINED TO MAKE THESE THINGS BY-- [laughing] >> NO ONE.

ACTUALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE U.S. AND IF YOU LOOK AT--OF ALL PLACES--FARM PUBLICATIONS, YOU WILL SEE GUYS THAT HAVE WAY TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS AND A LOT OF SCRAP IRON, AND THEY TEND TO BUILD THESE SORTS OF THINGS WHEN THEY'RE GOING NUTS IN THE WINTERTIME.

>> Randy: YOU LOOK THROUGH A LOT OF FARM PUBLICATIONS?

>> UNFORTUNATELY, YEAH, I DO.

>> Don: MIKEY WAS READING ONE LAST NIGHT AT THE HOTEL.

>> I'M SORRY.

WAS HE?

>> Randy: PLOUGH GIRL.

>> PLOUGH GIRL.

>> Randy: WHAT IS THE GURGLING MONTANA WATER HERE?

>> IT'S JUST A LITTLE STREAM THAT COMES THROUGH HERE.

IT'S A GRAVITY THING.

I IMAGINED MIXING TED KACZYNSKI WITH PEE WEE HERMAN, SO THAT'S WHO LIVES HERE.

HEY, I'M A DANGEROUS EX-BIKER.

>> Randy: EX?

>> OH, YEAH.

YEAH, GAVE IT ALL UP.

>> Mike: GAVE UP THE BIKING, HUH?

>> WELL, NOT EXACTLY.

>> Randy: YOU GOT A LITTLE-- [clanging noise] >> Mike: YEAH.

>> WATCH OUT FOR THAT.

>> Mike: YEAH.

TV WEASEL.

>> Randy: DID I DO THAT?

>> Mike: JUST WOKE UP ONE MORNING WITH A NEED TO-- >> Olson: NO, IT HAD BEEN SORT OF FESTERING FOR A LONG TIME, SORRY TO SAY.

>> Randy: RIGHT OUT FRONT, THE BIG--IS IT A T-REX, OR WHATEVER, CHOMPING ON A-- >> Olson: WHATEVER HE IS?

YEAH.

>> Randy: WHAT'S GOING ON THERE?

>> Olson: JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A WARNING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.

THEY COME ACROSS THAT FENCE, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T HELP 'EM.

SORRY.

[laughing] >> Mike: THERE'S THAT ANGST AGAIN.

>> YEAH.

>> Don: NOW, NEIL SEEMS NICE ENOUGH.

HE EVEN BESTOWED UPON US A BOOK TO GUIDE OUR WAY AND SOME QUICK BEARD-BUILDING ADVICE, AS WELL: SOMETHING ABOUT WATCHING MORE COWS.

>> I SHOULD WARN YOU, THOUGH: WHEN THEY START TO LOOK PRETTY, THAT'S THE TIME TO LEAVE THIS STATE.

>> Mike: WE'VE BEEN IN MONTANA TOO LONG.

>> WAY TOO LONG, YEAH.

YES, WE'D BE DOUBLE DATING WITH A STOCK TRUCK.

[laughing] >> Don: NOW, THEY SAY TIMING IS EVERYTHING.

AND THOUGH WE'VE HIT MISSOULA A BIT TOO LATE TO ACTUALLY MEET MARCUS WOLF, THERE'S STILL A FEW SIGNS BACK HERE OF HIS LEGENDARY NONPROFIT MUSEUM.

BY THE TIME YOU SEE THIS, THOUGH, HIS VOLUMINOUS COLLECTION OF THIS AND THAT WILL HAVE BEEN AUCTIONED OFF AND ONLY THE MEMORIES OF HIS ALL-DAY TOURS LEFT BEHIND.

>> Glueckert: YOU KNOW, HE CREATED THIS UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT.

HE WAS THE MAYOR OF THE COMPOUND.

YOU'D WALK INTO ROOMS, AND THERE'D BE 20,000 SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS, AND THERE'D BE A ROOM OF BRASS BLOWTORCHES.

HE HAD 50,000 HUBCAPS OUT THERE, AND ONE-- BUT THEY WERE ALL IN ORDER.

IT WAS A GREAT MUSEUM.

THESE PEOPLE WHO CREATE THESE UNIQUE ENVIRONMENTS, THEY GO AT IT NONSTOP.

THIS PERSON WAS ALWAYS EMBARRASSED WHEN PEOPLE CALLED HIM AN ARTIST, BUT HE REALLY WAS.

HE HAD THIS PURE CREATIVITY ABOUT HIM THAT INSPIRED ARTISTS.

ARTISTS WOULD GO OUT THERE AND FIND A KINDRED SPIRIT.

>> Don: ARTISTS OF ALL KIND HAVE MADE MISSOULA THEIR HOME, LIKE THE BIG SKY MUDFLAPS, WHOSE SCINTILLATING DEBUT L.P.

I BROUGHT ALONG JUST IN CASE, LET'S SAY, A MUDFLAP AND I MIGHT MEET ON THE STREET.

>> Randy: WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF WE COULD FIND A BIG SKY-- CAN THAT BE BETH LO, BASS PLAYER, SINGER-- >> LITTLE WHITE HAIR HERE.

>> Randy: FOR THE BIG SKY MUDFLAPS?

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME SOMEONE CAME UP TO YOU ON THE STREETS OF MISSOULA FROM A TV STATION?

>> THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, LIKE NEVER-- >> Mike: YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S A CUTOUT.

HE PROBABLY DOESN'T HAVE IT LEGALLY.

>> YES, THAT'S RIGHT.

>> Randy: THIS IS ON HELIOS, RIGHT?

>> YES, HELIOS IS A LOCAL LABEL.

>> Randy: BUT THEN YOU HAD ONE ON FLYING FISH?

>> WE HAD ONE ON FLYING FISH.

>> Don: FLYING FISH?

>> Mike: FLYING FISH?

WHO SAID "FLYING FISH"?

I REGISTERED THE FISH.

IT'S LEGAL.

IT'S PERFECTLY LEGAL.

>> Don: WHEN FISH ARE OUTLAWED, ONLY-- >> Mike: OUTLAWS WILL HAVE FISH.

>> Randy: YOU DON'T JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE A CD OF THE BIG SKY MUDFLAPS' NEWEST RELEASE?

NOW, WHAT DOES A TV WEASEL HAVE TO DO TO TALK YOU OUT OF THE CD?

>> WELL-- >> Randy: TAKE IT?

>> JUST TAKE IT AND RUN, YEAH.

>> Don: WE WERE SOON HAPPILY FLAPPING AWAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF MISSOULA TOWARDS THE GREEN FIELDS OF GREAT FALLS, WHERE GREAT THINGS DO AWAIT US, THOUGH THIS PARKING SPACE IS PROBABLY TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

>> Mike: THAT'S NOT FOR THE CHIEF.

THAT'S FOR THE CHEF.

WE CAN'T PARK THERE.

>> Don: THIS PLACE, THE PARIS GIBSON SQUARE MUSEUM OF ART, IS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR WOODEN FIGURES MADE BY LEE AND DEE STEEN.

THEY LIVED IN ROUNDUP, WHERE WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY BEEN YET.

BUT THANKS TO THE MIRACLE OF TV, WE CAN SHOW YOU ANYWAY.

>> NEITHER OF THE STEENS WOULD HAVE REALLY EVEN USED THE WORD ART FOR THESE PIECES.

THEY WERE REALLY OBSESSIVE ABOUT MAKING THEM, AND EACH ONE HAD A VERY LIVELY PERSONALITY FOR LEE STEEN AND FOR DEE--SO MUCH SO THAT IF A PERSON WANTED TO BUY THEM, SOMETIMES YOU COULD.

AND THEY MIGHT SELL THEM FOR AS LOW AS $2.

BUT THEY WOULDN'T SELL ONES WHO WERE FIGHTING, BECAUSE THEY HAD TO FINISH THE FIGHT BEFORE THEY COULD LEAVE THE PROPERTY.

THEY WERE SO REAL AND ALIVE THAT THAT'S HOW THEY APPROACHED THEM.

THE HATS ARE GREAT.

THERE'S A FLOWERPOT HAT DOWN HERE.

>> Mike: UH-HUH.

>> Thomas: NOW, THIS IS A NICE PERSON IN HERE.

>> Randy: HE WOULDN'T FIGHT.

>> Thomas: BUT THE DETAILS ARE JUST--EVERYTHING: THE EARS, THE THINGS THAT THE EARS ARE MADE FROM, AND THE HATS, HOW ARMS ARE ATTACHED.

I LIKE THE SADDLE THAT'S AN OLD TIRE TUBE.

PART OF THEIR GREAT SUCCESS IS THAT--AS ART, IS THAT YOU DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT WHETHER THEY'RE AUTOMOBILE PARTS OR BOTTLE CAPS.

THEY JUST SEEM TO WORK EXTREMELY WELL AS PARTS OF THAT PERSON.

BUT THEY'RE VERY CHILDLIKE AND NON-THREATENING.

THERE IS A REAL SWEETNESS TO THESE CREATURES, AND THEY-- YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY GLAD LEE STEEN BROUGHT THEM TO LIFE, THAT WE GET TO KNOW ABOUT THEM.

>> Randy: WOULD PARIS GIBSON APPROVE, WHOEVER HE WAS?

>> Thomas: YOU KNOW, I HAVE MY OWN IMAGINATIVE FEELINGS ABOUT PARIS GIBSON, AND I WOULD SAY DEFINITELY NOT.

BUT THAT'S JUST FROM THE PICTURE DOWN IN--BY THE FRONT DESK.

>> Don: NO MATTER WHAT HE THINKS, THE STEEN FIGURES--AND THERE'S HUNDREDS MORE COMING DOWN FROM THE ATTIC--ARE GETTING THEIR OWN PERMANENT DISPLAY HERE.

ON THE WAY OUT, WE COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THAT THOSE DARK CLOUDS ARE GATHERING AGAIN, AND THAT DOESN'T BODE WELL FOR OUR DRIVE.

BUT NOTICE HOW THIS EAGLE-EYED CAMERA GUY IS ONCE AGAIN TURNING LEMONS INTO LEMONADE.

IF ONLY A POT OF GOLD SHOULD BE WAITING IN FT. BENTON, THAT WOULD BE NICE.

BUT AFTER ANOTHER ANOTHER LONG DRIVE, I'D SETTLE FOR A POT TO--WELL, LET'S JUST SAY I'M GLAD WE'RE HERE.

FT. BENTON IS FAMOUS FOR NOT ONE, BUT TWO FURRY CREATURES OF NOTE.

>> Mike: GET OFF THE TRACKS.

COME ON.

>> Don: OLD SHEP'S PRETTY MUCH THE TOWN MASCOT, FOR YEARS FAITHFULLY GREETING THE TRAIN EACH DAY TO SEE IF HIS MISSING MASTER MIGHT HAVE COME BACK.

>> Randy: DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO SHEP?

>> YEAH, HE GOT RAN OVER BY A TRAIN.

>> Mike: COME ON, SHEP.

COME ON, BOY.

GET OFF THE TRACKS.

>> Don: THEN THERE'S THIS GUY, THE HORNADAY BUFFALO, A COVER BOY FOR COIN COLLECTORS OR NUMISMATISTS LIKE MYSELF.

DID I EVER MENTION I WAS PRESIDENT OF THE COIN CLUB IN 1964?

>> Mike: YEAH, WHY WOULD THERE BE SO MANY EMPTY PAGES IN THERE?

>> Don: I DIDN'T ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING I WANTED TO DURING MY ADMINISTRATION.

[laughing] >> Mike: LET ME JUST SHOW 'EM AT HOME HOW REAL--HOW PATHETIC THIS-- >> Don: OH, THERE'S ONE THERE.

THERE'S ONE THERE.

>> Mike: THERE'S TWO ON THAT PAGE.

>> Don: BUT YOU KNOW THERE COULD BE MORE, ESPECIALLY IF EVERYONE WATCHING THIS SHOW WOULD JUST CHECK THEIR DRAWERS FOR THOSE OLD BUFFALO HEADS AND SEND THEM TO: NICKELS FOR DON, CARE OF THIS STATION.

'CAUSE AFTER ALL, A CAMERA GUY IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE.

>> Mike: OKAY, LET'S LOAD UP.

>> Don: LOOKS LIKE A NICE CHALET.

BUT LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING, AND THIS PARTICULAR CHALET HAD THE MOST TOXIC BUILDUP OF NICOTINE EVER SEEN--NOT TO MENTION THE SMALLEST PERSONAL CARE ITEMS KNOWN TO MAN.

WHAT IS THICKER: THE BUFFALO NICKEL OR THIS BAR OF SOAP, FRIENDS?

>> Randy: ANOTHER THING IS, IT LEAVES THIS--WELL, I WISH YOU COULD SMELL THIS--FLOWERY SCENT THAT DOESN'T GO WITH MY MANLY BEARD.

>> Don: ROUNDUP IS INDEED THE SMALL TOWN WHERE LEE AND DEE STEEN MADE THEIR ARTISTIC MARK, BUT THAT'S NOT ALL THAT BROUGHT US HERE.

THERE'S ALSO TIM ANDERSON AND HIS SO-CALLED LITTLE MANSION.

TIM HAS NO PHONE, SO YOU JUST HAVE TO FIND HIM, WHICH APPARENTLY WE'VE JUST DONE.

>> Anderson: I NAMED THAT AFTER THE LITTLE TOWN I WAS BORN IN: LITTLE FALLS, MINNESOTA-- LITTLE FALLS, MINNESOTA.

I NAMED THIS PLACE AFTER IT, 'CAUSE I WAS BORN IN LITTLE FALLS, MINNESOTA.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS A NICE NAME.

ON THE SHED HERE, HERE'S SOME OLD RAILROAD HINGES THAT CAME FROM A FRIEND THAT--YOU KNOW, THAT I BOUGHT.

AND HERE'S A HORSESHOE SOMEBODY DONATED TO ME.

HERE'S A CART WHEEL HERE IF YOU CAN GET A GOOD SHOT OF THAT.

I JUST LOVE WHEELS AND PITCHFORKS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT THESE PITCHFORKS, THEY'RE JUST-- >> Randy: YOU LIKE THE SHAPES OF THESE ITEMS?

WHAT IS IT THAT-- >> Anderson: WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S SAVING IT, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT BEING DESTROYED.

LIKE THIS OLD HUB THAT WAS IN THE LANDFILL OUT HERE.

AND I HAULED IT HOME.

IT WENT THROUGH A FIRE.

PEOPLE THROWING IRON IN AN IRON PILE, THEY'RE GOING TO WISH THEY NEVER DONE IT.

YOU CAN WORK IT INTO BEAUTIFUL ART.

I LOOK AT MY YARD AS, LIKE, A FLOWER GARDEN, YOU KNOW?

YOU KNOW, A ROCK IS JUST AS PRETTY AS A FLOWER, YOU KNOW.

YOU SEE?

>> Randy: WELL, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARRANGE 'EM THE WAY YOU HAVE.

>> YEAH, PEOPLE SAY I DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB AT IT, THOUGH.

THEY SAY I GOT A GREEN THUMB.

HERE'S SOMETHING HERE YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF HERE.

>> Mike: LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL THAT ROCK LOOKS.

>> THEY CALL THOSE SHEEP HERDER MONUMENTS THERE.

>> Randy: SHEEP HERDER MONUMENTS?

>> YEAH.

>> Randy: THEY USED THEM TO KNOW WHERE THEY WERE.

>> YEAH.

>> Randy: BUT HERE IN YOUR YARD-- >> I BUILT THEM TO, YOU KNOW-- JUST A DECORATION.

I THINK I'M CREATING SOMETHING LIKE THE WILD IN A WAY.

>> Randy: IT IS VERY MUCH LIKE THE WILD BACK HERE.

>> Anderson: YEAH.

WELL, HOW DID I FASTEN THE ROCKS ON THE HOUSE?

>> Randy: IT LOOKS LIKE SOME SORT OF WIRE, OR SOMETHING THERE.

>> WELL, IT'S NAILS.

>> Randy: OF COURSE IT'S NAILS.

EVERYBODY NAILS ROCK.

>> YOU KNOW, GALVANIZED NAILS, 'CAUSE THEY DON'T RUST.

THOUGH, NEVER PUT THE ROCK ABOVE THE DOOR, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT'LL FALL ON YOU, MAYBE.

I CALL IT THE GOMOBILE.

>> Randy: THE GOMOBILE?

>> Anderson: YEAH, IT DON'T GO.

[laughing] >> Mike: IT'S KIND OF THE NO-GO MOBILE?

>> YEAH, AND THE NAME OF IT'S GOMOBILE.

AND LIKE THIS THING-- THESE THINGS HERE, I WANT TO BUILD FLOWER POTS OUT OF THOSE.

>> Mike: YEAH, THOSE ARE NICE.

>> AND I LIKE OLD WASHING MACHINES TO COLLECT THE RAIN WATER IN.

YOU SEE, YOU CAN ADD TO THIS STUFF.

>> Mike: YEAH.

>> I'LL GIVE YOU AN IDEA.

YOU CAN WELD HORSESHOES ON THIS ALL THE WAY AROUND.

YOU KNOW, YOUR IMAGINATION NEVER ENDS IF YOU HAVE THE STUFF TO WORK WITH.

I THINK THE ARTWORK COMES FROM GOD, AND I BELIEVE THIS STUFF IS BUILT ON ANOTHER PLANET WE CANNOT SEE, AND IT'S PUSHED ON TO US.

YOU SEE, I BUILT IT TO COME FAMOUS.

>> Mike: REALLY?

AND IS IT WORKING OUT?

>> AND THEN MY DREAM IS TO SOMEDAY--TO HAVE A LOG TOWN WITH WAGON WHEELS FOR WINDOWS AND OLD CAR WHEELS.

I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY IN THE UNITED STATES TO JOIN ME SOMEDAY SOMEWHERE TO BUILD A LOG TOWN.

HOW DOES A PERSON COME UP WITH A WILD DREAM LIKE THAT?

YOU GET THAT WAGON WHEEL UP-- THAT CAR WHEEL UP THERE-- IF YOU CAN--UP THE SHED.

>> Don: NOT LIKE I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DIRECTORS ALREADY, BUT TIM'S RIGHT.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF PICTURES TO TAKE HERE.

AND NOW THAT THE PICTURES ARE TAKEN AND I'M SIGNING THE GUEST BOOK, THAT MUST MEAN IT'S TIME TO MAKE MORE MILES ACROSS MONTANA, PAUSING BRIEFLY IN INGOMAR FOR A MIDDAY MEAL AND A CHANCE TO PLAY CATCH IN YET ANOTHER STATE.

>> Randy: I GOT A BIG--OH, A BIG SKY POP UP.

>> Don: OOH.

>> Randy: OH, YOU KNOW THEY HAD THE RANGE WARS OUT HERE >> Don: DID THEY?

>> Randy: IT WAS RANGING.

>> Don: IT WAS WESTINGHOUSE VERSUS AMANA.

>> Randy: OOH, DOESN'T THAT FEEL GOOD, THROWING A GUY OUT RIGHT ON THE MAIN STREET--A BIG GUY?

>> Don: THROWING A GUY OUT WEST?

MUST BE THAT SCRAGGLY BEARD, 'CAUSE NOW RANDY'S BEEN HAULED IN FOR CRIMES AGAINST TV.

>> Mike: YOU'RE WANTED FOR CRIMES AGAINST TELEVISION.

>> Don: BUT AT LEAST WE'RE GETTING TO EAT.

THE SPECIALTY HERE AT THE JERSEY LILLY IS THE SHEEP HERDER'S HORS D'OEUVRES, MADE WITH CHUNKS OF ONION AND ORANGE, AND, OF COURSE, THAT MOST MAGICAL FRUIT OF ALL-- >> Mike: OH, YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY DARN GOOD, YEAH, YEAH.

WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE NEXT 1,500 MILES IN THE CAR.

THIS OUGHT TO BE A LOT OF FUN.

>> DON'T YOU KNOW THIS IS OUR WORLD FAMOUS SPOON FOR OUR BEANS?

>> Mike: UH-HUH.

>> Randy: YES.

>> ALL THE LITTLE FARTS CLIMB ON UP.

[laughing] >> Don: THAT'S PUBLIC TV THERE AT ITS FINEST.

WE'RE NOTICING EXTRA M.P.G.s, AS MONTANA'S LOSS BECOMES NORTH DAKOTA'S GAIN.

AND IF OUR BEARINGS ARE GOOD, CHANCES ARE WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND THE ENCHANTED HIGHWAY, WHERE GIANT SCULPTURES JUST KEEP POPPING UP ALONG THE ROAD TO REGENT, THANKS TO A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL TURNED ARTISTIC ENTREPRENEUR.

>> WHAT CAN I DO TO BRING PEOPLE OFF THE INTERSTATE?

THERE'S A MILLION-PLUS PEOPLE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE.

AND I THOUGHT, "I COULD DO SCULPTURES, BUT THEY CAN'T BE NORMAL SCULPTURES.

THEY GOTTA BE THE WORLD'S LARGEST SCULPTURES."

NOW, THAT MIGHT ATTRACT SOME PEOPLE, SO THEN-- AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, WHAT ARE WE GOOD AT?"

TOO.

AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, LOCAL FARMERS ARE GOOD AT WELDING."

NOW THAT I'VE STARTED, I'VE MADE UP MY MIND.

THERE'LL BE ONE EVERY THREE MILES, SO THAT'LL BE 11 OVER THERE.

I'LL HAVE PUT 11 OF THEM ON THIS HIGHWAY.

ONE DAY, WE COUNTED OVER 100-- 100 CARS COMING DOWN THE ROAD, AND THAT'S 100 CARS THAT WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE IF IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FOR THE ENCHANTED HIGHWAY OR THE SCULPTURES.

THERE'S STILL PEOPLE IN TOWN THAT SHAKE THEIR HEAD AND THEY CALL ME CRAZY, AND THEY CALL ME ALL THAT.

AND I'VE GOT TOWNSPEOPLE THAT DON'T BACK THE PROJECT.

EVEN THOUGH THE TOWN'S DYING, THEY STILL GO, "WELL, THAT'S SO CHEESY; THAT'S SO CRAZY," AND ALL THIS.

AND I'M GOING, "WELL"--I ALWAYS THINK, "WELL, THEY'VE NEVER BUILT A STATUE TO A CRITIC, SO I GUESS LET THE CRITICS BE WHERE THEY MAY, AND I WILL KEEP BUILDING."

I DON'T CLAIM TO BE AN ARTIST.

I NEVER--I TAUGHT BUSINESS AND PHY ED, SO I NEVER WAS AN ARTIST.

AND I ALWAYS TELL THE FARMERS THAT I WORK WITH--THEY ALWAYS SAY, "WELL, WE'RE NOT ARTISTS."

AND I SAY, "EVERYBODY'S AN ARTIST IN DIFFERENT WAYS."

YOU JUST GOTTA LET YOURSELF DREAM; YOU GOTTA LET YOURSELF GO, AND YOU'RE AN ARTIST IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

I'VE NEVER GIVEN UP ON A PROJECT YET--AND FROM EDUCATION ON UP-- SO NOW I'M GOING TO COMPLETE IT.

>> Randy: DON USED TO MAKE LOTS OF TRIPS TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, SO CAN YOU SAY SOMETHING-- >> Mike: CAN YOU JUST SCOLD HIM, JUST LIKE HE'S-- >> DO I HAVE TO CALL YOUR PARENTS OR WHAT?

LET'S SEE.

I'VE GOT THIS PADDLE OVER HERE.

WHOA HO HO.

>> Mike: LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT PADDLE.

>> Don: I JUST HOPE IT'S NOT GOING ON MY PERMANENT RECORD.

FROM DEEP IN THE HEART OF NORTH DAKOTA, THIS IS DON THE CAMERA GUY SIGNING OFF.

>> Mike: I THINK IT'S A ROADSIDE REVELATION, DONNIE.

>> Don: MONTANA ROCKS, BABY.

>> Mike: MONTANA ROCKS, AND SO DOES JAMES.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT LIFTING A LITTLE MERCHANDISE.

THERE'S T-SHIRTS-- >> Don: WE COULD TAKE THOSE SHIRTS, BUT IT WOULD BE WRONG.

[scratching noise] >> Mike: GET OFF THOSE TRACKS, MAN.

>> Randy: GET OFF THE TRACKS, SHEP.

[scratching noise] >> Mike: THIS IS THE ONLY TIME IN 4,000 MILES YOU'VE LET ME DRIVE.

>> Randy: YEAH.

>> Mike: WOW, DAD.

>> Randy: WHOO HOO!

>> Don: NOW, KIDS, DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME.

>> Randy: THIS DISCUSSION: I THINK IT'S GROWING.

>> LET ME LEND YOU ONE.

>> Randy: GO AHEAD.

PLACE THAT THING.

>> OH, WOW, GEEZ, I CAN'T EVEN-- >> Randy: OH, YOU CAN.

YOU CAN, BUT NOT FOR LONG.

YOU WANT DON'S UNDERWEAR IN THERE?

>> Mike: NOT REALLY.

DO I HAVE TO?

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