 | Weird US - Grotto of the Redemption In this excerpt from our History Channel show we travel to an amazing shrine in the American heartland, which is built entirely out of minerals. |
 | THE GROTTO - IOWA The Grotto of the Redemption was created by hand from Father Dobberstein in early 1900's in West Bend Iowa. Suffering from pneumonia, he prayed to our Lady and promised her this grotto if Christ will spare his life. |
 | 7 Wonders of Iowa Loess Hills Seven Wonders of Iowa Loess Hills visit Harrison County Welcome Center and the De Soto Bend National Wildlife Refuge steamship Bertrand sunk in 1865 excavated in 1967 now 500,000 items recovered on display |
 | West Bend Blog 1 West Bend Video Blogs. What a crazy night! This is us visiting the Grotto of the Redemption. Creepy. |
 | Where in Iowa is Jeff? Finally, after 5,000 miles on the road and 157 dance clips, the video of my tour of Iowa is complete. Filmed between May and November of 2007, it is my spoof of Matt Harding of www.wherethehellismatt.com. This video was shot entirely on my Canon PowerShot A540 and started as a goofy way to highlight the places I finally took the opportunity to see in my home state, places I have wanted to see since I was a kid. Trust me, there's a lot to see in the Hawkeye State besides corn and pigs and beans and cows and tractors and barns and silos. Don't believe it? Watch the video. Better yet, visit Iowa and see for yourself. Here's the scoop on the clips in the video: 1. Adair's infamous smiley face water tower 2. Young cornfield near New Vienna (there really is corn in Iowa!) 3. The Bridges of Madison County 4. Iowa's largest frying pan in Brandon 5. The amusement park at Arnolds Park 6. Old Fort Madison in Fort Madison 7. Ledges State Park near Luther 8. Burlington's Snake Alley (Ripley's "Crookedest Street in the World") 9. The Squirrel Cage Jail in Council Bluffs (awesome - big surprise #1) 10. The pink elephant outside the Isle of Capri Casino in Marquette 11. Maquoketa Caves State Park near Maquoketa (best state park in Iowa) 12. The highest point in Iowa, Ocheyedan Mound near Ocheyedan (oops, SECOND highest, I guess) 13. Our state capitol in Des Moines 14. Fertile, Iowa, population 353 (and growing, I would presume) 15. Spook Cave near McGregor 16. The Wells Blue Bunny visitor's center in LeMars 17. One of the limestone quarries at Stone City 18. The Underground Railroad's Hitchcock House near Lewis 19. The Mahaney Bell Tower in Jefferson 20. Gull Point State Park near Wahpeton 21. John Wayne's birthplace in Winterset 22. The University of Northern Iowa's UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls 23. The Indian maiden statue in Pocahontas 24. The Little Brown Church in Nashua 25. Jester State Park near Granger 26. The Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake 27. The Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa, or RAGBRAI 28. The American Gothic house in Eldon 29. The banks of the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids 30. Dayton's Rodeo Grounds (my Grandpa Vern Danielson's legacy) 31. Ackley's town bandshell 32. Zwingle, Iowa, population 99 33. Heery Woods State Park near Clarksville (yes, "Heery", not "Henry") 34. Shenandoah's Iowa Walk of Fame (I'm dancing on the Everly Brothers) 35. The Mont Rest bed and breakfast in Bellevue 36. Camp Dodge near Johnston 37. The USS Riverside in Riverside - the future birthplace of James T. Kirk! 38. Boone County's Kate Shelley Bridge 39. Waterloo Creek near Dorchester (my favorite trout stream) 40. Dutch windmill in Orange City 41. The Buffalo Ridge Wind Farm near Alta 42. The 1912 Ax Murder House in Villisca 43. The state penitentiary in Anamosa 44. A cool round barn near Milo 45. Mallard's "Welcome" sign 46. The Sergeant Floyd Memorial in Sioux City 47. The mighty Woodward-Granger Hawks in my hometown of Woodward 48. The Lewis and Clark Monument in Pottawattamie County 49. The Field of Dreams in Dyersville 50. The Saylorville Lake spillway 51. The world's smallest church in Festina 52. Albert the Bull in Audubon 53. Iowa State University in Ames - my alma mater! 54. Pikes Peak State Park, looking at Wisconsin 55. The Millstream Brewing Company in Amana 56. The Grotto of the Redemption in West Bend 57. Eagle Point City Park in Dubuque 58. The Kate Shelley Railroad Museum and Park in Boone 59. Dunning's Spring Falls in Decorah (big surprise #2) 60. The tree in the middle of the road, near Brayton 61. The Iowa State Fair in Des Moines 62. Bellevue State Park near Bellevue, of course 63. Waubonsie State Park, in the SW corner of Iowa, looking at Nebraska 64. Prairie Meadows in Altoona 65. Lighthouse Point in West Okoboji 66. The historic Sutliff Bridge in Sutliff 67. The Port of Burlington in Burlington (yep, I liked Burlington) 68. Home in Anamosa Yes, that really is Matt Harding dancing with me in the "Inspiration by..." clip. This summer, I was fortunate enough to dance with Matt with a group in Chicago for Matt's next around-the-world video. It's due out in June 2008. In the meantime: http://www.wherethehellismatt.com. Lastly, my apologies to Iowa City, Pella, Davenport, Marion, Waterloo, Mason City, Fairfield, Brooklyn, Forest City, Van Wert, and the other hundreds of cities, towns, parks, golf courses, and cool places that I did not have time to visit or shot crappy clips that didn't make the final cut. There is WAY too much in Iowa to see in one summer, but I made a good run at it. Iowans, get away from your TV's and computers and go see your state!!! You really don't know what you're missing. |
 | Explore Iowa Promo for television show planned for Iowa |
 | Zane san the samurai I am a samurai. I just graduated yesterday. Watch out, for I am awesome. And dangerous. |
 | Day Off - Part 11 - The Grotto Oh God... Really. I'm not catholic, and I don't wanna offend, but this is too much. A rock, coral, seashell, glass creation in Dickeyville, Wisconsin. It's a shrine, I guess, and it's just, uh, WOW. Heh-heh. |
 | West Bend Iowa ghost hunt-hosted by Jon Runchey (VE_0729080032_02.3g2) we saw a ghost in a pic we took so we desided to go find it |
 | Devils Gulch Rd Colorado 43 west of Drake |
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