Wakita, Oklahoma, starred as itself in the movie Twister (1998), as a town ravaged by a voracious tornado. The film starred Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, and many other A-List actors. It came in just behind the number one highest grossing film that year (Independence Day), partly because it made storm chasing a sexy career. It …
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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 …
Boot Hill Cemetery – Tombstone, Arizona
A testament to the rough ways of frontier living in the wild west, Boot Hill Cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona is the final resting place of more than 300 occupants, around 50 of which are unknown graves. The name Boot Hill christens the area because the majority of the graves belong to men who perished “with …