In Hastings, you’ll find a built-to-scale replica of the original Dakota County courthouse made from about 5,000 perfectly placed toothpicks. The artist? 85-year-old Jerry Hackett. The courthouse, ...

85-year-old Jerry Hackett. The courthouse ... Other replicas extend beyond the Midwest, like the world’s first metal bridge, the Iron Bridge, constructed in Shropshire, England in 1779 and ...

If you're journeying along Iowa's Western Skies Scenic Byway, there's a Danish-American town with museums and pubs that you should make a pitstop in.

So the 44-year-old rancher took notice when he found out ... the success of opponents in Kansas last year who eliminated the Midwest-Plains and Plains-Southwest NIETC corridors that were part ...

Small towns are ideal for weekend getaways, offering just enough diversions to be entertaining without being overwhelming, ...

Ten-year-old stallion Always Dreaming ... Richard Papiese, who, along with his wife Karen, owned horses as Midwest Thoroughbreds, the leading owner in North America annually by victories from ...

Take Belle Plaine, Kansas—a town whose name literally means “beautiful plain” but modestly conceals one of the Midwest’s most spectacular ... is its near-death experience. The vintage windmill reaches ...

The difference is that nothing here was built to look old—it actually is old ... Fulton’s authentic Dutch windmill stands tall against the Midwest sky, no tulips or wooden shoes required. Photo credit ...