Places Scones Wants to Go

Step back in time while shopping inside this local store.

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

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

Grant Wood painted some of his most famous works of art at this studio.

Bronze sculpture paying homage to Norma “Duffy” Lyon, famous for creating a life-size cow made of butter at the state fair.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

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

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

At a mile long, the Fort Madison Bridge is the largest double-decker swing-span bridge in the world.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

Romance fans worldwide make the pilgrimage to this group of historic covered bridges in rural Iowa.

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

The World's Largest Bull.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

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

A mother’s sweet tradition lives on with this unique memorial.

A monument celebrating the Black soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry.

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

Site of the 1926 murder trial of Ernest Burkhart who was involved in the "Reign of Terror."

A monument to the forgotten French explorers and their landmark expedition.

Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.