Architecture in Iowa

Discover 6 places to experience unusual architecture in Iowa.

Ida Grove.

Ida Grove, Iowa

Castles of Ida Grove

An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.

Golden Country of World Peace building

Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa

Maharishi Vedic City

An unlikely Transcendental Meditation haven in the American Heartland built around the ancient Vedic principles of balance and harmony.

View from the south bank looking north at Mays Island where Cedar Rapids City Hall and Linn County Courthouse are located.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Cedar Rapids Municipal Island

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

Old Stone Barn

Stone City

Remnants of a quarry company town still stand on the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.

Pottawattamie Squirrel Cage Jail

Council Bluffs, Iowa

Pottawattamie Squirrel Cage Jail

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

American Gothic House.

American Gothic House

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

Are we missing something unusual in Iowa?