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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1977
Page
4
A replica of Michelangelo’s Pieta crowns the highest point of the Grotto of the Redemption in West Bend. The vast grotto, the world’s largest, was constructed by a Catholic priest over forty two years.
A regional travel piece highlights three northwest Iowa stops: a Fort Dodge fort replica on highway 20, West Bend’s world’s largest grotto on highway 15, and the Spirit Lake massacre site in Arnolds Park near West Lake Okoboji. It notes museum highlights, admission, hours, and nearby attractions including a grotto church, a Border Plains school, and a repturing of local history.
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