but! we must tear ourselves away, for we are not done with Iowa, and we do not wish to end up like Lowell J Soilke, still wandering round a round barn in Iowa somewhere, looking for a corner
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West Bend, Iowa, home to the Grotto of the Redemption, "the world's largest grotto", built over 40 years by a German priest who promised Mary he'd build her a shrine if she saved him from his pneumonia. This is The Most Catholic Thing, and I do not mean that as a complimentpic.twitter.com/NusGl77A28
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i think the ones that are just a giant boob are the worst onespic.twitter.com/YHDToMoOLF
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it was Bill Bryson who wrote "I come from Des Moines, Iowa. Someone had to." with that in mind, i now take you...to Des Moines
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Des Moines is the state capital. It's capitol building is technically much more flamboyant than the average strict neo-classical ones, but still very dull and uglypic.twitter.com/txQpBx6Kp1
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coupla nice mock-Tudor mansionspic.twitter.com/64qBaqoPdH
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and an outstanding bit of haunted Second Empire-ism.pic.twitter.com/fBXUs3DGxS
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this office by Gordon Bunshaft, possibly the most uncompromising architect the USA has ever known, is testing even my appreciation for this sort of thingpic.twitter.com/JFuwBH4A8j
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right, this alleged roof has broken me. i am done. it is the weekend. more Iowa next week, but i need several strong drinks now to process whatever the hell this ispic.twitter.com/k03cAqkkVd
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yes i did mean peak not peek it works in two ways
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