Two hula hoops appeared on the tree after a storm, and the collection kept growing.

The only museum in the world dedicated to the history of sprint car racing, next to one of the country's most historic dirt tracks.

This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”

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.

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

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

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

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

Most comprehensive museum in America devoted to one ethnic group.

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

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.

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.

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

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

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

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 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.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

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