Iowa
15 Years of 'Iowa': How Slipknot Purged Themselves to Create a Masterpiece of Suffering
As a relatively well-behaved youth from suburban England, I’m not sure why the lyric “I want to slit your throat and fuck the wound" spoke to me, but it did.
Is This Barn in the Middle of Nowhere the Best Venue in the Midwest?
Six years after its first show, Codfish Hollow is attracting some massive acts. But Marvin will still have to ride you there on a tractor-drawn hayrack.
What We Know About the Two Men Arrested for Bringing Guns to a Pokémon Tournament
James Austin Stumbo and Kevin Norton, both high-level competitors in the internationally popular card game, had traveled from Iowa to take part in the event.
Young, Black, Trans, Arrested: How Women Like Meagan Taylor Are Made Invisible
Meagan Taylor, a 22-year-old jailed while visiting Iowa with a friend earlier this month, was released last week after a flurry of activism drew attention to her plight – and what was probably a bogus arrest.
Rank Your Records: Slipknot’s Corey Taylor Rates 20 Years' Worth of Mayhem
"The whole thing, I think, is sick."
Photographing the Forgotten Magic of All 947 Towns in Iowa
Photographer Cody Weber's latest project is a love letter to the vanishing tiny town of his home state.
I Had a Giant Testicle for Two Years and Didn't Tell Anyone
From the ages of 17 to 19, I believed that God had cursed me with a swollen left testicle that was the size and shape of a large pear.
Why Did a Ghost Hunter Stab Himself Inside a Famous Ax-Murder House?
An Iowa tourist attraction got extra weird earlier this month when a paranormal investigation turned mysteriously violent.
Workshop Workshop
If you want to write highbrow fiction today, you’ve probably at least considered getting a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing.