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In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.

Piled high inside this warehouse and coffee shop are salvaged goods that span every corner of the globe.

No one knows the origin of this small town’s unique name.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.

An Iowa town celebrates its heritage with the tallest working Dutch windmill in North America.

A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.

The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

A lonely house representing railroad history tells the stories of those who rode the rails.

Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.

Part of a secret 1970s nuclear defense program is now open to the public.

A rim-made reptile in North Dakota.