Ida Grove, Iowa
Castles of Ida Grove
An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Ida Grove, Iowa
An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.
Des Moines, Iowa
Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.
Dubuque, Iowa
The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.
Britt, Iowa
An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.
Audubon, Iowa
The World's Largest Bull.
Eldon, Iowa
Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.
Columbus Junction, Iowa
A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.
Riverside, Iowa
A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.
Clear Lake, Iowa
A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.
Madrid, Iowa
A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.
Villisca, Iowa
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
Ames, Iowa
Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.
Seattle, Washington
An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.
Seattle, Washington
A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.
Seattle, Washington
Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.
Renton, Washington
This unique library spans a mighty river.
Seattle, Washington
This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.
Federal Way, Washington
This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.
Astoria, Oregon
This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.
Astoria, Oregon
The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.
Astoria, Oregon
This solo operation offers the world's only whey wines in flavors such as chocolate-orange.
Astoria, Oregon
A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.