Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Iowa

While in Iowa, you might enjoy a visit to:

Venue of the last performance of rockers Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper on Feb. 2, 1959, before their plane crashed nearby. The ballroom is preserved as it looked in 1959.
~29 miles from Hampton.

Pat Acton uses his spare time to build impressively-detailed, giant models of buildings, spaceships, whatever, out of hundreds of thousands of wooden matchsticks.
~46 miles from Hampton.

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.
~53 miles from Hampton.

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