An obelisk commemorating Lincoln's role in connecting the coasts.

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

An Iowa town celebrates its heritage with the tallest working Dutch windmill in North America.

The farm toy capital of the world hosts a museum filled with toy tractors dating back to the late 1800s.

Elaborate hand-carved wooden clocks two brothers made in their spare time are on display at this handsome little museum.

An unlikely Transcendental Meditation haven in the American Heartland built around the ancient Vedic principles of balance and harmony.

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

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

No one knows the origin of this small town’s unique name.

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

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

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

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

Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.

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

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

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

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

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

The World's Largest Bull.

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

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.