Ida Grove, Iowa: Castles of Ida Grove
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- Address:
- Hwy 175, Ida Grove, IA
- Directions:
- Along Hwy 175, from the town center east to US Hwy 59.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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Castles of Ida GroveByron LeRoy Godbersen, the most powerful man in Ida Grove, built castles all over town -- and had his employees build a half-scale replica of the H.M.S. Bounty as well. Roadsideamerica.com Report...
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Castles, Pizza Hut Island, Replica HMS Bounty Pizza Hut is still there, and the castle buildings are something to see. There's a private property with a lake on the east end of town, which contains a replica of the HMS Bounty. Main street businesses closed on Sundays.
[Kristen Nash, 11/04/2007]
Castle-themed Town Another castle building.
[Sparx, 12/19/2001]
Castles, Pizza Hut Island The town of Ida Grove has a lot of buildings built that look like castles. They were supposedly all built by, or for, a fellow named Byron Godbersen, who founded GOMACO, a company there that makes road building equipment.
Also, I believe it was Ida Grove that used to have a Pizza Hut which was located on an island in the middle of a small lake or pond.
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