Junk Cathedral stands tucked away in the courtyard of a small house on a country road south of Austin.

Inventor Vince Hanneman is relatively unassuming. He did not design the cathedral to be conspicuous.
Despite being made a "courtman" by the local craft district, he is an extremely rational person who has
no delusions about the importance of his work. Including a fair amount of bicycles, just he 60 tons of
waste forms the framework and evolution of the design. Development of the House of Prayer began in
1989, when Hannemann was in his twenties. For several years he collected junk for his own business,
which was soon rendered unnecessary as individuals supplied him with goods he did not need. The
church is an empty structure of ad-libbed props into which Vince has wired and shoved all sorts of large-
scale manufacturing scrap: lawn mower wheels, vehicle fenders, cookware, springboards, links, bottles,
circuit boards, Bicycle parts, block a-brackets and many other things that frankly cannot be identified.

Think of it as found art or a tower of trinkets. The hollow interior is a winding maze through an object-
filled museum. You'll see lawn mower wheels, car bumpers, kitchen utensils, ladders, cables, bottles,
circuit boards, bicycle parts, and other frankly unidentifiable items. Electricity runs through the
cathedral and all the clocks and beer signs are lit up for visitors.

Eventually word of his project spread, and people began contributing Hannemann materials to add to
his collection.Thus, the colossal cathedral is the result of a collective effort.