Wender·Vista
Silver Dollar City
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
in the Ozarks, about nine miles west of Branson, Missouri

Silver Dollar City

— — an 1880s town that decided to stay open.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“An 1880s-themed park set on top of Marvel Cave in the Missouri Ozarks, opened in 1960 by the Herschend family. Resident craftsmen (glassblowers, blacksmiths, candy-makers, woodworkers) work in front of guests inside a hundred-odd shops and demonstration buildings. Wooden coasters thread through the trees. The festivals turn over with the seasons: bluegrass in spring, pumpkins in autumn, a million-light Christmas in winter.

from the studio
Silver Dollar City
— bring it home

Silver Dollar City, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Silver Dollar City

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Silver Dollar City sits on 100-plus wooded acres on top of Marvel Cave, in the Ozarks roughly nine miles west of Branson, Missouri, in Stone County. The park opened in May 1960 as a small 1880s street built above the existing cave tour, and grew through five decades into one of the most-visited theme parks in the United States. Owned and run by Herschend Family Entertainment, the property holds more than forty rides and attractions and a couple of hundred resident craftsmen. Marvel Cave itself, a National Natural Landmark, predates the park by a century.

— the visit

Silver Dollar City runs a seasonal calendar from mid-March through late December, with the park closing in January and February for maintenance. The festival calendar drives the year: the Bluegrass and BBQ in May, the National Crafts Festival in autumn, Pumpkins in the City in October, and An Old Time Christmas with a reported 6.5 million lights from early November through year-end. The park is reached from Branson via State Highway 76 W; on-property parking and a tram serve the front gate. Marvel Cave tours are included with admission and run on a timed schedule.

— the year

The seasons rather than the rides shape a Silver Dollar City year. Bluegrass and BBQ runs the second half of May with national-touring acts on five outdoor stages. The 18-day National Crafts Festival in September and October brings visiting artisans to join the resident craftsmen at their forges and lathes. October closes with Pumpkins in the City and a thousand carved jack-o'-lanterns lit at dusk. An Old Time Christmas opens the first weekend of November and runs through New Year, with a five-story tree, a Christmas-light parade, and the holiday musicals at the Red Gold Heritage Hall.

— where
United States · Stone County, Missouri
— elevation
370 m · 1,214 ft
— position
36.6678° N · 93.3386° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
14 km E
Branson
city
5 km S
Table Rock Lake
lake
at the lake
Marvel Cave
cave
N
Silver Dollar City
Branson
Table Rock Lake
Marvel Cave
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Silver Dollar City — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Silver Dollar City is in the Missouri Ozarks, about nine miles west of Branson on State Highway 76 in Stone County. The park is built on top of Marvel Cave.

The park opened in May 1960 as a small 1880s-themed street built above the existing Marvel Cave tour, founded by the Herschend family, who still own and run the property today.

A National Natural Landmark beneath the park, with a 200-foot Cathedral Room near the entrance. Cave tours have been guided since the 1890s and are included with park admission today.

The lineup includes Time Traveler, the world's tallest and fastest spinning coaster on its 2018 opening; Outlaw Run, a wooden coaster with three inversions; Wildfire; Thunderation; Powder Keg; and the family wood coaster FireFall.

An Old Time Christmas runs from early November through the end of December, with a reported 6.5 million lights, a five-story tree, a nightly parade, and the park's holiday musicals.

Silver Dollar City is owned and operated by Herschend Family Entertainment, the same Branson-area family-held company that runs Dollywood, Wild Adventures, and several other attraction properties across the United States.

— about the piece in your home

The park has been a family ritual for Ozarks and Midwestern families for sixty-plus years. A Small or Medium reading Silver Dollar City on a kitchen wall carries the season-pass feeling without souvenir-shop kitsch.

The warm wood, lantern light, and red barn palette sits naturally in farmhouse, mountain-modern, and Americana-traditional rooms. The piece reads as a memory rather than a marketing image, which lets it live above a kitchen table.

Yes. Curated place-specific art is central to the warm Americana direction. Quilts, sign painting, hand-thrown pottery, and small studio paintings of beloved places all live in the same vocabulary.

A single Large reads well above a console or sideboard. Above a full sofa, a four-tile Mural carries the wall; a nine-tile Mural is the choice when the wall is meant to be the room's focal point.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte. Both are scratch-resistant and hold up to humidity and splash, which makes them right for backsplashes, showers, and powder rooms. Glossy is for dry walls.

A soft microfibre cloth, dry or barely damp. No solvents or abrasive pads. The colour lives inside the ceramic surface beneath a thin protective layer, so the piece cleans like a tile.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is curated and signed off by Reid Wender at the studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. We do not license imagery in or out; each place enters the atlas by his hand.

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