Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Iowa

While in Iowa, you might enjoy a visit to:

Ruth Rasmussen began collecting salt and pepper shakers in 1946. Now her collection is displayed in her home town: over 16,000 shakers and still growing.
~44 miles from Cedar Rapids.

Brooklyn figured out an inexpensive yet patriotic way to put itself on the map, with a boulevard of flags from every state and some nations. There's a Community of Flags gift shop.
~45 miles from Cedar Rapids.

This silo-sized sudser was built next to a brewery. Its base, appropriately, opens up into a bar.
~66 miles from Cedar Rapids.

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