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

This hand-carved wooden carousel in the Story City North Park was built in 1913.

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

Most comprehensive museum in America devoted to one ethnic group.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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