The Carousel of Happiness was created to transport visitors to a time and place of joy. Now, Carousel has unveiled “Somewhere Else,”                                                                   a wall scene in the carousel building featuring six animals coming from and going to, well, somewhere else.                                                                                                                                                         Where is somewhere else, exactly, you might ask?                                                                                                                                               “The wall is a kind of portal, we think, maybe to a new dimension. Honestly, we haven’t been able to explain it                                           “We’ll leave that up to you. But certainly, magic is afoot.”

                                               The animals, which include a curious giraffe, a thoughtful chimpanzee, a pelican in flight, a penguin,                                                                          Oberon the dog and an unlikely bear family, pass through a membrane made of lime and crushed marble in the technique used                          in centuries-old frescoes.