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UPDATED 081313 | ADDED 092511 | WISCONSIN, USA | RETURN TO THE MAIN FUTURO HOUSE ARTICLE | RETURN HOME
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1502 Mattke Rd, Woodruff, WI 54568, USA [Approximate] | 45°55'30.65"N 89°44'45.15"W
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Featured Image From PodUpNorth.com | Image Date Unknown
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Google Maps | Satellite Imagery Date 050913
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Notes, History & Resources
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This video is from a DNTV News magazine and includes an interview with someone who rented the PodUpNorth for a vaction [the clip includes other stories - the PodUpNorth interview starts at about 2:18]
The owner of the PodUpNorth, Drew Poggeman, has scanned the PodUpNorth GuestBook and created the following video from the scans. Additional Images: The folowing images are all from the PodUpNorth website. For many more images and information or to rent the PodUpNorth for your own vacation check out their website. 
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Update 081313
Though I was reasonably certain I had the location of this Futuro "down" the imagery previously available in Google Maps was not good and I could not be 100% sure. Thanks to updated Google Maps satellite imagery dated 050913 I am now sure; this latest satellite imagery shows the Futuro clearly. Original Information 092511 If you are anything like me and have an interest in [or maybe even an obsession with] the Futuro House owning one would be just amazing but frankly beyond the means of most of us. What might be the next best thing? How about renting one for a vacation? Drew Poggeman can offer you just that opportunity with the PodUpNorth. Located with private access to Lake Sumach, Wisconsin the PodUpNorth provides an opportunity to take a vacation in your own private "UFO" and experience the picturesque landscape of Northern Wisconsin at the same time. As the interior images show Drew has obviously put a lot of love into the restoration of this Futuro and it now features a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, living room and a TV/DVD combo with, yes you guessed it, a collection of sci-fi movies. A word to the wise though; the Futuro was designed and publicized as offering accommodations for 8 adults. As I have observed elsewhere on more than one occasion I honestly cannot imagine that. I have never been in a restored, habitable Futuro but I have been in a derelict one and so have some perception of its size; for 8 it is not. My view don't look here for more than the nuclear - 2 plus 2 - family or perhaps best I bet this would be a wonderful place for that romantic gettaway for two you have been planning for years and just never got around to. For full details, lots more images and a whole lot more information check out the PodUpNorth website. It appears to enjoy a pretty good occupancy rate for the May through October season with rates around the $500 a week mark [2011] so if you are interested you might think of booking early [current availability is on this page]. Full contact information for Drew is available on the PodUpNorth website. Location Note: The lat/long, address and embedded Google Map represent the result of a couple of hours scouring Google maps and Google Earth. The Futuro is not clear and it is entirely possible the location is incorrect. However having said that I can find nothing else even remotely approaching the appearance of a Futuro anywhere on the map that could conceivably have private access to Lake Sumach so I have to conclude that the location information I am providing is correct. If you know otherwise please let me know. Sources & Reference
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I am always looking for additional information, history, details, images, videos; just about anything Futuro I guess - if you would like to contribute please use the Futuro Contact Form at the bottom of the main article or email me. As far as images go I am particularly interested in those that are either significantly better than the ones already on this page or show a different aspect or detail. If you own an image meeting one or both of those criteria I would love to be able to use it on this page but I will simply provide a link if that is your preference. Where permission is granted to use an image on the page appropriate attribution will be provided by means of a link to the original image, a link to a website of your choosing or both. |
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