Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Iowa

While in Iowa, you might enjoy a visit to:

For 63 years Ed ran the general store in this tiny town, and he never threw away anything. Including his dead cat. Now the town has taken it upon itself to sort through the mess and turn it into a museum.
~45 miles from New 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.
~60 miles from New Hampton.

This town has erected a big statue, atop a pole, of its namesake.
~47 miles from New 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.
~64 miles from New Hampton.

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