The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.

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

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

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

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

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

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

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

The World's Largest Bull.

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

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

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

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

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

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

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

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

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