SUMPTER, Wis. -- Saturday in North Freedom was a day of celebration for a man's life and art.

For his 70th birthday, the enigmatic artist Tom Every, or as he's also known, "Dr. Evermor," was joined by the First Brigade Band at a public showing at his renowned "Evermor Sculpture Park" studio that utilizes scrap metal to not only create art but also to preserve history.

Found on Highway 12 near Baraboo, Every's workplace looks at first glance like a junkyard. But a closer look reveals a whimsical place most accessible to those with fervent imaginations.

Every worked as an industrial wrecker for nearly three decades before renaming himself "Dr. Evermor" in 1983. Then he set out on a quest to use the knowledge gained from his former job to create a world of his own.

Every's first project, the Forevertron, appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records. It's a sculpture weighing roughly 300 tons, standing 120 feet wide, 60 feet deep and 50 feet high. But to Every, it is much more than that.

"I built the Forevertron in order to perpetuate yourself back into the heavens on a magnetic lightening force beam," said Every.

But the Forevertron does not stand alone. There's the Bird Band, which Every built "because they're free in spirit. They can fly anywhere and do what they want to do."

Visitors to the Evermor Sculpture Park find their imaginations taking them on endless flights of fancy.

Although Dr. Evermor is not yet ready to leave this planet, he said that one day when the time is right that he'll climb his winding staircase and enter his egg-shaped travel chamber, and "they'll push the button and then fly me out back into the heavens on a magnetic lightning force beam."

Every also has displays on Patterson Street in Madison.

Dr. Evemor is constantly working on new creations, one of which involves turning radiators into benches.

The Evermor Sculpture Park is free to the public and is open from 12 noon to 5 p.m. every day except Tuesdays and Wednesdays