Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Iowa

While in Iowa, you might enjoy a visit to:

Rocks and found junk were fashioned into an elaborate religious grotto by a priest on a Mission from God. Washington, Lincoln, and Christopher Columbus make cameo appearances.
~56 miles from De Witt.

Norma Jean was the star of the Clark and Walters Circus until a bolt of lightning killed her in Oquawka's town square.
~64 miles from De Witt.

Buck Guthrie's rural mini-train world occupies the inside of a real barn, with lots of animated accessories. Outside, a mini-train takes visitors around Buck's 18 hilly acres.
~70 miles from De Witt.

This town has erected a big statue, atop a pole, of its namesake.
~78 miles from De Witt.

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