Hidden in the grounds of the Fort Dodge Museum is a "real" and terrifying petrified giant.

Elaborate hand-carved wooden clocks two brothers made in their spare time are on display at this handsome little museum.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

A number of gruesome unsolved murders have turned this simple home into a morbid tourist trap.

A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.

This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

An Iowa town celebrates its heritage with the tallest working Dutch windmill in North America.

An obelisk commemorating Lincoln's role in connecting the coasts.

Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

Underneath downtown Lincoln resides a network of caves that was also the city's first brewery.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

The World's Largest Bull.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.