Plains, August 2016
On the way back from a visit to my parents in Indiana, I saw a listing for a bath house called The Hole in the Wall, in the countryside outside of Galesburg, Illinois.
I've been to bath houses all over Europe and the United States, but always in big cities. In the cornfields outside a small town in western Illinois? Unique.
At $25 for a day pass, it was a little pricey, but I was intrigued. Who would come to a bath house in such an isolated location?
Jimmy Eat World
The front desk clerk introduced himself as Mike: in his 20s, tall, slim, with a round face, a short beard, and thick brown hair. He was wearing a "Jimmy Eat World" T-shirt and very tight jeans.
"We're busiest from 12 to 2," he said, "All the businessmen come in during lunch hours. Then it's kind of dead until 3, when we get the students from Knox College."
I checked the clock on the wall. 3:00 pm sharp. College boys, here I come!
The full story, with nude photos and explicit sexual content, is on Tales of West Hollywood.
On the way back from a visit to my parents in Indiana, I saw a listing for a bath house called The Hole in the Wall, in the countryside outside of Galesburg, Illinois.
I've been to bath houses all over Europe and the United States, but always in big cities. In the cornfields outside a small town in western Illinois? Unique.
At $25 for a day pass, it was a little pricey, but I was intrigued. Who would come to a bath house in such an isolated location?

The front desk clerk introduced himself as Mike: in his 20s, tall, slim, with a round face, a short beard, and thick brown hair. He was wearing a "Jimmy Eat World" T-shirt and very tight jeans.
"We're busiest from 12 to 2," he said, "All the businessmen come in during lunch hours. Then it's kind of dead until 3, when we get the students from Knox College."
I checked the clock on the wall. 3:00 pm sharp. College boys, here I come!
The full story, with nude photos and explicit sexual content, is on Tales of West Hollywood.