Everyone loves a good sinkhole, it seems, including the tourists who visit the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

The 60-foot drop was national news in February, thanks to security-camera footage that showed eight historic cars tumbling into its depths. Since then, museum attendance has increased, with a literal hole in the ground said to be the reason for the season. Here’s a quote from the museum’s blog:

Thomas shared with the Board some numbers – including a 59% increase in the number of visitors from March to June 23, 2014 compared to the same time period in 2013. The Museum has also seen an increase of 71% in admissions income, 58% increase in Corvette Store sales, 46% increase in Corvette Café sales, 72% increase in Membership for a total of a 65% increase in these revenue areas overall.

Money talks, and the museum’s board is listening. It plans to preserve at least a portion of the hole, and may even put a car or two on display in it. One museum official said it’s important to “think outside the box,” while another expressed concern about being “known as the Sinkhole Museum forever,” according to The New York Times.

Is this the America we want our children to grow up in? A nation in which a glance into the depths of the earth is more attractive than fine American automotive engineering? A land where the interests of sod-chasers overtake those of muscle-car enthusiasts? Thanks, Obama.