Bily Clocks Museum

Spillville, Iowa

In the northeastern corner of Iowa, the locals love their clocks. Bily (bee-lee) Clocks occupies an old brick front residence in downtown Spillville. The clocks' creators, long-dead bachelor brothers Frank and Joseph Bily, carved clocks every winter for over 50 years, when they weren't being tidy, thrifty Bohemian Czech farmers. Most of the clocks are huge, and fully animated with wooden figures and built-in music boxes -- much too finely crafted for our taste.

This is a place for antique-ers and weekend furniture buffs, and Bily Clocks doesn't allow video or photos.