Places jmpeters67 Wants to Go

Remnants of a quarry company town still stand on the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.

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

An unlikely Transcendental Meditation haven in the American Heartland built around the ancient Vedic principles of balance and harmony.

The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.

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

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

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

Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.

The magazine keeps a perfectly groomed display garden for its photo shoots.

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

Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.

This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.

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

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

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.

An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

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.

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

A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.