I n 1988, Hollywood built a baseball diamond for ghost players in an obscure Iowa cornfield as a set for the movie Field Of Dreams . This split tourist attraction has two access roads running parallel a few feet apart, and two gift shops selling virtually identical stuff.
Signs politely discourage after-hours infield antics.
But we luck out. He's friendly, but understandably circumspect when it comes to discussing his odd relationship with his neighbor. The field's been good to us. Al can afford to be modest. Al and Don's gift shops are visited by over 50,000 people a year, every year, usually thirsty and hungry and eager to buy souvenir hats, sweatshirts, baseballs, and whatever else the Lansings and Ameskamps can dream up.