Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Iowa

While in Iowa, you might enjoy a visit to:

Bill Moon's dream was to open a trucking museum -- and this giant one suits its oversize subject matter. Vintage vehicles, antique gas pumps, a trucking movie-showing theater and much more.
~39 miles from Iowa City.

Norma Jean was the star of the Clark and Walters Circus until a bolt of lightning killed her in Oquawka's town square.
~58 miles from Iowa City.

An incline railway that runs 296 feet up and down a hill. Built in 1882 by rich banker J.K. Graves: his house was at the top of the hill, his bank was at the bottom, and he wanted a short-cut so he'd have time to go home for lunch and take a nap.
~73 miles from Iowa City.

Rocks and found junk were fashioned into an elaborate religious grotto by a priest on a Mission from God. Washington, Lincoln, and Christopher Columbus make cameo appearances.
~83 miles from Iowa City.

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