Iowa Curiosities is your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Hawkeye State has to offer. Humorist Dan Coffey and travel writers Eric Jones (from Johnson County) and Berit Thorkelson have combed Iowa for places that make their home turf truly unique. The authors will introduce you to the neighbors you never knew you had and take you to places you never knew existed and all of them right in your own backyard.

From Albert, the bull, who stands 30 foot tall, a 13-foot giant sloth wearing a Santa suit (in Iowa City), to a furry barn moved here from Germany. You'll discover the best places to see a small town filled with castles, where to play Chicken Bingo; bathe in a Murphy tub; or drink a strawberry phosphate, Pink Lady, or Dipsy Doodle.  You'll tour the rotating Squirrel Cage Jail, the only all-mule cemetery in Iowa, and the "Medical Marvels" exhibit, featuring Dr. Downing's choke collection of objects removed from his patients' food and airway passages.