Rockford, Illinois
Beattie Park Mound Group Historic Site
This unassuming city park is home to three different types of Native American mounds.
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Rockford, Illinois
This unassuming city park is home to three different types of Native American mounds.
Rockford, Illinois
This baseball diamond was home to the Rockford Peaches, a team featured in the hit film "A League of Their Own."
Oregon, Illinois
This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).
Walcott, Iowa
The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.
Port Byron, Illinois
A 30-foot man on a penny-farthing bicycle rides along the banks of the Mississippi.
Silvis, Illinois
Lined with plaques and tributes to veterans, this patriotic street was founded by Mexican immigrants.
Iowa City, Iowa
This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.
Mount Vernon, Iowa
A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.
Dyersville, Iowa
A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.
Brandon, Iowa
The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.
Dexter, Iowa
The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.
Audubon, Iowa
The World's Largest Bull.
Adair, Iowa
Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.
Elk Horn, Iowa
In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
An obelisk commemorating Lincoln's role in connecting the coasts.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”
Alliance, Nebraska
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Chugwater, Wyoming
A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.
Longmont, Colorado
The world's largest sticker ball weighs in at a mighty 231 pounds.
Guernsey, Wyoming
Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.
Shawnee, Wyoming
Population: 1.
Douglas, Wyoming
This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.