The project that would become the Rudolph Grotto and the Wonder Cave began in 1928 when Father Wagner and his assistant, Edmund, decided to begin a labor of love. The project came to an end in 1983 when Edmund, simply too old to continue, decided to finally retire. Father Wagner came to Rudolph in the …
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Field of Dreams Movie Site – Dyersville, Iowa – Part One
In July of 1988, a corn field in Iowa would become a baseball field for a Hollywood movie. Usually, movie sets are either torn down or left to become dilapidated ruins after the actors leave; but, Field of Dreams still remains, and it is one of Iowa’s top attractions for tourists. Not too many movies …
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Twister Movie Museum – Wakita, Oklahoma
Of all the items in Wakita’s Twister Movie Museum, the most famous of all is the Dorothy I. If you remember, Dorothy was a machine that Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton’s characters had designed to be able to better read a tornado – from the inside out. The Dorothy I is the one that they …
American House Cat Museum – Sylva, North Carolina
It’s not just for the “crazy cat lady”. In fact, your preconception of some old ladies sipping on hot tea and crumpets will crumble when you enter these doors. So why visit? Maybe you simply have a love of cats, like Dr. Harold Sims of Sylva – but you won’t find any living cats here. …
The Oz Museum – Wamego, Kansas – Part Two
After stepping through the screen door into Munchkin Land, many people are blown away as to how a movie from 1939 could have such an extensive list of memorabilia. What many people don’t realize is that The Wizard of Oz was actually a book long before it was a movie. It has been said that …
The Oz Museum – Wamego, Kansas – Part One
One of the world’s most beloved and popular movies, The Wizard of Oz, illustrates a young girl and her band of misfits and they traverse the Yellow Brick Road in search of assistance from a great and powerful wizard. In the end, this young girl, Dorothy, decides to return to her home rather than stay …