Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Iowa

While in Iowa, you might enjoy a visit to:

Pat Acton uses his spare time to build impressively-detailed, giant models of buildings, spaceships, whatever, out of hundreds of thousands of wooden matchsticks.
~39 miles from Nevada.

A sign, a plaque on a boulder, and a historical birthplace building -- all for a logo.
~51 miles from Nevada.

Small, four-room house where The Duke, towering Hollywood legend, was born. He lived there in his first year of life, when he was still quite small.
~55 miles from Nevada.

A massive, mineral-rich religious grotto, built by Father Paul Dobberstein from 1912 until his death in 1954.
~83 miles from Nevada.

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