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|   Agape Christian Family Church, Clear Lake, IA
in Pyramids The pyramid roof on this church can be seen easily from the road, and there’s plenty of parking to get a closer look. posted by:  wildernessmama location: Iowa date approved: 03/05/2011 last visited: 12/28/2020 |
 view galleryNE4.7 km |  Clear Lake, Iowa: Pyramid House
in Roadside Attractions Big vacation lake house built to look like a gold pyramid. Located just across the street from 3,600-acre Clear Lake, one of the largest spring-fed lakes in Iowa. It is available for both weekly and monthly rental. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Iowa date approved: 11/09/2015 last visited: 09/04/2021 |
 view galleryNE4.7 km |  Pyramid House - Clear Lake, IA
in Odd-Shaped Buildings Big vacation lake house built to look like a gold pyramid. Located just across the street from 3,600-acre Clear Lake, one of the largest spring-fed lakes in Iowa. It is available for both weekly and monthly rental. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 11/06/2015 last visited: 09/04/2021 |
 view galleryNE5.3 km |  Surf Ballroom - Clear Lake, Iowa
in Dance Clubs The Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa is an American cultural icon as well as an important historical landmark. posted by:  beagle39z location: Iowa date approved: 04/29/2007 last visited: 05/04/2023 |
 view galleryNE5.3 km | Clear Lake, IA: Surf Ballroom - Buddy Holly's Last Gig in Roadside Attractions Site of the last performance of rockers Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper, before their plane crashed nearby. Preserved as it looked in 1959. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Iowa date approved: 11/21/2015 last visited: 05/04/2023 |
 view galleryNE5.3 km |  Surf Ballroom - Clear Lake, Iowa
in Wikipedia Entries This historic building is located at 460 North Shore Drive in Clear Lake Iowa. posted by: iconions location: Iowa date approved: 08/25/2021 last visited: 05/04/2023 |
 view galleryNE5.3 km |  Surf Ballroom - Clear Lake, Iowa
in Official Local Tourism Attractions This historic building is located at 460 North Shore Drive in Clear Lake Iowa posted by: iconions location: Iowa date approved: 08/26/2021 last visited: 05/04/2023 |
 view galleryNE5.3 km |  Surf Ballroom - Clear Lake, IA
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The current Surf Ballroom building opened July 1, 1948. posted by: rjmcdonough1 location: Iowa date approved: 05/30/2022 last visited: 05/04/2023 |
 view galleryNE6 km |  Sailing Sundial – Clear Lake, IA
in Sundials This pretty sundial is located on the front lawn of the First Church of Christ Scientist, and is in keeping with the nautical theme of this lake-side community. posted by: wildernessmama location: Iowa date approved: 11/11/2013 last visited: 05/04/2023 |
 view galleryNE6 km |  First Church of Christ Scientist – Clear Lake, IA
in Church of Christ Scientist The First Church of Christ Scientist stands on a peaceful “island of land” bordered by three streets in the center of town. posted by: wildernessmama location: Iowa date approved: 11/11/2013 last visited: 05/04/2023 |
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| Clear Lake, IA: Fort Custer Maze in Roadside Attractions Fort Custer Maze is a permanent attraction, made of rickety, sun-bleached wood in the shape of an Old West frontier fort. Two miles of possible trails. Bring a hat. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Iowa date approved: 11/21/2015 last visited: 05/04/2023 |
 view galleryE7.7 km |  Fort Custer Maze
in Outdoor Mazes Designed to look like a Western Fort covering almost two acres. posted by: scuba inst location: Iowa date approved: 06/18/2006 last visited: 05/04/2023 |
 view galleryNE13 km |  The day the music died
in Plane Crash Sites Site of the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly. posted by: IowaAdmin location: Iowa date approved: 08/21/2005 last visited: 04/10/2024 |
 view galleryNE13 km |  The Day The Music Died - Clear Lake, Iowa
in Immortalized in Lyrics The song American Pie was inspired by the crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson. posted by: rjmcdonough1 location: Iowa date approved: 06/08/2022 last visited: 04/10/2024 |
 view galleryNE13 km |  Ritchie Valens - Clear Lake, IA
in Citizen Memorials This memorial honors the memory of Ritchie Valens. posted by: rjmcdonough1 location: Iowa date approved: 06/02/2022 last visited: 04/10/2024 |
 view galleryNE13 km | Roger A. Peterson - Clear Lake, IA in Citizen Memorials Roger Peterson piloted the plane that crashed north of Clear Lake, Iowa ending his life and those of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson posted by: rjmcdonough1 location: Iowa date approved: 06/04/2022 last visited: 04/10/2024 |
 view galleryNE13.2 km |  Buddy Holly Glasses - Clear Lake, Iowa
in Realistic Object Sculptures These glasses are a larger than life replica of the ones worn by Rock and Roll Icon Buddy Holly. posted by: Sneakin Deacon location: Iowa date approved: 08/17/2021 last visited: 04/10/2024 |
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|  Country Thread’s Barn Quilt, rural Garner, IA
in Painted Barn Quilts It seems appropriate to have a barn quilt on display at the Country Thread’s Quilt Shop in rural Garner. posted by: wildernessmama location: Iowa date approved: 03/04/2011 last visited: 06/30/2011 |
 view galleryE19.5 km |  Henry Irving Smith-Mason City, IA
in Medal Of Honor Resting Places Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient for action at Black River, NC on March 15, 1865. He is buried in Elmwood Saint Joseph Cemetery, Mason City, IA in Original Block 2, Lot 59. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Iowa date approved: 05/12/2019 last visited: 12/05/2021 |
 view galleryE19.8 km |  South Federal Water Tower - Mason City, Iowa
in Water Towers This very large watertower is one of 4 in Mason City, Iowa. posted by: PeterNoG location: Iowa date approved: 11/29/2009 last visited: 05/04/2023 |
 view galleryE19.8 km |  OO1156: Mason City W Mun Tank - Mason City IA
in U.S. Benchmarks This Benchmark is west of South Federal Avenue (US Hwy 65) near 21 st Street SE in Mason City, Iowa. posted by: PeterNoG location: Iowa date approved: 09/13/2013 last visited: 05/04/2023 |
 view galleryE20.1 km |  Spirit of the American Doughboy - Mason City, Iowa
in Viquesney's Spirit of the Doughboy Statues On the lawn of Cerro Gordo County Courthouse at 3rd St. NW and Washington. posted by: BlueDeuce location: Iowa date approved: 06/01/2009 last visited: 05/04/2023 |
 view galleryE20.1 km |  City National Bank and the Park Inn Hotel
in Frank Lloyd Wright Designed Buildings The only remaining hotel in the world designed by Frank Lloyd Wright with an attached bank building also designed by Wright. posted by: Little Nemo location: Iowa date approved: 06/18/2006 last visited: 05/04/2023 |
 view galleryE20.1 km |  Suzie-Q’s Café - Mason City, IA
in Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives Al Roker highlighted Suzie-Q’s Café on Food Network’s “Al Roker’s Diner Destinations Special.” posted by: wildernessmama location: Iowa date approved: 03/07/2011 last visited: 05/04/2023 |
 view galleryE20.1 km |  Suzie-Q’s Café - Mason City, Iowa
in Historic Eats This little diner fits in with the 40’s and 50’s era eating establishments that are popular with today’s baby boomer generation. posted by: wildernessmama location: Iowa date approved: 01/18/2013 last visited: 05/04/2023 |
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