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toniamonkey

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I love to travel to off the beaten path places. If it involves animals all the better. I do not tolerate animal abuse. Meeting new people and learning about new cultures is the point of traveling.
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Stairs to the theater

Dubuque, Iowa

Union Park

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

Pappajohn Sculpture Park

Des Moines, Iowa

Pappajohn Sculpture Park

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

Ida Grove.

Ida Grove, Iowa

Castles of Ida Grove

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

The Black Angel

Iowa City, Iowa

The Black Angel of Oakland Cemetery

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

Albert The Bull

Audubon, Iowa

Albert The Bull

The World's Largest Bull.

Entrance to Iowa 80 Trucking Museum

Walcott, Iowa

Iowa 80 Truck Stop

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

A model of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Gladbrook, Iowa

Matchstick Marvels Museum

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

The Day The Music Died Memorial

Clear Lake, Iowa

The Day The Music Died Memorial

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

Father Paul Dobberstein's Grotto of the Redemption

West Bend, Iowa

Father Paul Dobberstein's Grotto of the Redemption

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

The lights' reflection in the Des Moines River below.

Madrid, Iowa

High Trestle Trail Bridge

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

"Around the Corner" University of Southern Indiana, New Harmony Gallery, New Harmony, IN, 2003.
Permanently Closed

Evansville, Indiana

The Nest Houses of Patrick Dougherty

Patrick Dougherty's fantastic living tree sculptures, mind-blowing but temporary.

Grannie's Cookie Jars & Ice Cream Parlor

Metamora, Indiana

Grannie's Cookie Jars & Ice Cream Parlor

More than 3,200 cookie jars line the walls and shelves of this little shop and over 1,000 salt and pepper shakers

The Dixie at dockside.

North Webster, Indiana

The Dixie Sternwheeler

Indiana's oldest sternwheel paddleboat has been plying the placid waters of Webster Lake for 90 years.

Warm Glow Candle Outlet.

Centerville, Indiana

Warm Glow Candle Outlet

A giant lumpy candle serves as a beacon for this highly scented pit stop.

Hamilton County Museum of History and Jail

Noblesville, Indiana

Hamilton County Museum of History and Jail

This turn of the century jail once held Charles Manson.

The Athenaeum, Indianapolis.

Indianapolis, Indiana

The Athenaeum

This stately clubhouse has showcased German-American culture for over a century.

Stiffy Green's full body

Terre Haute, Indiana

Stiffy Green

Whether his story is true or not, Stiffy Green is the most beloved bulldog in all of Indiana.

Other graves.

Lafayette, Indiana

Cholera Mass Graves of Fink Cemetery

An unknown number of cholera victims are buried in two nondescript graves.

Statue of Joe Palooka

Oolitic, Indiana

Statue of Joe Palooka

The chiseled jaw of this forgotten American hero still stands tall in a small Indiana town.

Italian POW Chapel

Franklin, Indiana

Camp Atterbury Prisoner of War Chapel

A chapel built by Italian POWs during World War II tells a forgotten tale of the war on the home front.

The Colgate Clock in Clarksville, Indiana

Clarksville, Indiana

Colgate Clock

The massive, original Colgate Clock is mounted on a defunct factory building that was once a prison.

Prophet's Rock

West Lafayette, Indiana

Prophet's Rock

The large rock formation where the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa stood and encouraged his warriors during the Battle of Tippecanoe.

Grotto as of July 2020

West Terre Haute, Indiana

Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes

A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.

City Cemetery in Seymour, Indiana

Seymour, Indiana

Graves of The Reno Gang

The lynching and burial site of America's first train robbers.

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