One of the most interesting evenings of my time as an undergraduate was when I and a few others went to Appleton, Wisconsin to hear Allan Ginsberg recite poetry. It ended at about five in the morning, with a group of us at Joseph McCarthy's grave, hearing Allan conducting a Tibetan exorcism ritual. I had a small bell, which I rang at intervals.

Appleton has two famous men who came from there, McCarthy and Harry Houdini. There is a monument to Houdini in the form of an elementary school named after him. McCarthy has only his gravestone.