Weird Harold’s is the kind of store that reminds you of what you’re missing when you shop at the mall. Spread over two floors of a century-old building in downtown Burlington, Iowa, Weird Harold’s is perhaps best known for their collection of 50,000+ vinyl LPs but they also sell music recorded on cassettes and CDs [...]

Destination of the Day: Horsfall’s Lansing Variety
If variety is the spice of life, then Horsfall’s Lansing Variety is like cinnamon and cardamom and cumin (plus spices that start with other letters, too) all mashed together and stuffed into a giant cedar closet. If you need it, they probably have 12 of it, and it’s probably down a narrow aisle on the [...]

Picture of the Day: Oversized American Gothic
This fun sculpture, God Bless America by J. Seward Johnson, found a home outside the Dubuque (Iowa) Museum of Art. I don’t know this for a fact, but I’m willing to bet it has quickly become one of the most-photographed sites in the area.
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