Iowa Attractions and Oddities

All the oddball Iowa places in RoadsideAmerica.com Visitor Tips, news, stories and field reports. Closed and extinct attractions may be found in Gone But Not Forgotten

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Adair: Monument to the First Train Robbery in the West
Adair: Smiley Face Water Tower
Algona: Camp Algona POW Museum
Algona: World's Largest Chee-to
Ames: Giant Pitch Fork
Ames: Wooden Lady - Now Metal Lady
Arnolds Park: Spirit Lake Massacre Monument and Graves
Audubon: Albert the Bull
Avoca: Spider Made Out of a Volkswagen
Battle Creek: Battle Hill Museum of Natural History
Belle Plaine: Lincoln Highway Museum
Bentonsport: Indian Artifact Museum
Boone: Tallest Double-Track Railroad Bridge in America
Boxholm: Boxholm Museum
Brandon: Iowa's Largest Frying Pan
Brayton: Tree in the Middle of the Road
Britt: Hobo Museum
Brooklyn: Community of Flags
Burlington: Snake Alley
Cedar Falls: The Screaming Man
Cedar Rapids: Sinclair Dinosaur
Cedar Rapids: Stainless Steel Logo Tree
Centerville: Pancake Day, World's Largest Town Square
Charles City: World's First Tractor
Chillicothe: Grave of the Oldest Soldier in the Civil War
Clarinda: Glenn Miller Birthplace
Clarion: Birthplace of the 4H Emblem
Clear Lake: Buddy Holly Crash Site
Clear Lake: Surf Ballroom
Colfax: Trainland U.S.A.
Columbus Junction: Lovers' Leap Swinging Bridge
Coon Bluffs: "Big" Ear of Corn
Coon Rapids: 10-Foot-Tall Rotating Ear of Corn
Correctionville: Fighter Plane Park
Council Bluffs: Black Angel of Iowa #2
Council Bluffs: Black Squirrels and Purple Martins
Council Bluffs: Boy and the Boot Statue
Council Bluffs: Golden Spike Monument
Council Bluffs: Sinclair Dinosaur
Council Bluffs: Squirrel Cage Jail
Council Bluffs: Union Pacific Railroad Museum
Crawfordsville: Birthplace of Republican Party?
Crystal Lake: Fish - World's Largest Bullhead
Dakota City: Haunted Humboldt County Historical Museum
Davenport: Giant Fiberglass Bull
Davenport: Mother Goose Land Remnants
Decorah: Ice Cave - Frozen in Summer
Decorah: Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum
Des Moines: Amazing Butter Sculptures
Des Moines: Big City Cow and Calf
Des Moines: Jack Pershing, Stuffed WWI Patriot Rooster
Des Moines: Locomotive Thrill Wrecks of 1896
Des Moines: Rock 'n' Roll McDonald's
Dubuque: Fenelon Place Elevator
Dubuque: Pink Elephant
Dubuque: World of Checkers Museum
Dunlap: Big Dalmation and Girl holding Teddy Bear
Dyersville: Field of Dreams
Dyersville: National Farm Toy Museum
Eldon: American Gothic House
Eldora: Twister Movie House
Eldridge: Model Railroad in a Restaurant
Elk Horn: Only Working Danish Windmill In America
Elk Horn: Tiny Church: Morning Star Chapel
Estherville: Estherville Meteorite
Exira: Plow in the Oak
Fairfield: Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge
Festina: Tiny Church
Fort Dodge: Fort Museum and Frontier Village - Cardiff Giant
Fort Dodge: Muffler Man - Late 1960s Phillips 66 Service Station
Fort Madison: Steel Monsters
Gladbrook: Matchstick Marvels Museum
Harris: The Miniature Grotto
Ida Grove: Castles of Ida Grove
Indianola: National Balloon Museum

Iowa City: Giant Cow
Iowa City: The Black Angel
Iowa City: World's Largest Wooden Nickel
Iowa Falls: Peter Toth Native American
Kimballton: Little Mermaid
Kinross: License Plate House
Knoxville: Sprint Car Capital - Car on Pole
La Porte City: Auto Thrill Show Memorabilia
Laurens: Hometown of Lawnmower Man
Le Mars: Ice Cream Capital of the World Museum
LeClaire: Tug Fest - West Side of Mississippi River Tug-of-War
Leon: Large Dinosaurs
Logan: Museum of Religious Arts, King of Kings Wax Collection
Lone Tree: Neon Tree
Lynnville: L.J. Maasdam's Wheel Art
Mallard: Mallard Duck
Manson: Largest Crater in the United States
Maquoketa: Two-Butted Lamb
Marquette: Pinky the Elephant
Marshalltown: The Big Treehouse
Mason City: Bank John Dillinger Robbed
Mason City: The Music Man Square
McGregor: Spook Cave: Underground Boat Tour
Menlo: Freedom Rock
Muscatine: Fantasy Suites Motel
Muscatine: Fisher of Clams Statue
Nashua: Little Brown Church in the Vale
New Liberty: Statue of Liberty Replica
Newton: International Wrestling Institute & Museum
Okoboji: Fisherman - They're Biting Today
Orange City: Dutch-crazy Tulip Festival
Oskaloosa: Mule Cemetery
Pella: Largest Dutch Windmill In The U.S.
Pella: Museum of Traffic Control
Percival: Sapp Bros Giant Coffee Pot
Pisgah: Old Home Fill-er Up An' Keep On A-Truckin'
Pocahontas: Pocahontas Statue
Prairie City: Buffalo Sculpture
Riverside: Future Birthplace of James T. Kirk
Ryan: Happy Chef - Now an Umpire
Sac City: Barn Quilt Capital of the World
Sac City: World's Largest Popcorn Ball
Sheldon: Collection of Exotic Dirt
Sioux City: Big Monument to Lewis and Clark's Only Fatality
Sioux City: Death Spot of Booze-Hating Churchman
Sioux City: First Corn Palace
Sioux City: Flight 232 Memorial
Sioux City: Steel Statue of War Eagle, Friend of White Man
Sioux City: Tire Man
Sioux City: Trinity Heights: Giant Jesus and Mary
Smithland: Tin Man
Spillville: Bily Clocks Museum
St. Ansgar: Albino Deer
Stanton: Water Tower Coffee Pot and Cup
Storm Lake: Landlocked Lighthouse
Strawberry Point: World's Largest Strawberry
Stuart: Bank Robbed by Bonnie and Clyde
Stuart: Bank robbed by Bonnie and Clyde
Swedesburg: Swedesburg Museum and Straw Goat
Tipton: A&W Root Beer Family
Toledo: Butter Cow Statue
Villisca: Villisca Ax Murder House and Museum
Walcott: Leaning Corn Crib
Walcott: Museum at World's Largest Truck Stop
Wall Lake: Birthplace of Andy Williams
Washington: Tallest Corn Stalk Replica
Waterloo: Replica World War I Trench
Waukon: Muffler Man and Long Horn Steer
Waukon: Sweeney's House of Clocks
West Bend: Grotto of the Redemption
West Des Moines: Cemetery in a Traffic Circle
Williamsburg: Birthplace of First Pilot to Land on a Ship
Winterset: Birthplace of John Wayne
Winterset: Covered Bridges of Madison County

Gone But Not Forgotten

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