Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

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

A number of gruesome unsolved murders have turned this simple home into a morbid tourist trap.

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