Old Scale Wouldstra's Meat Market If you think this looks vintage, they also had an old scale that was about 100 years old.

Along with my wife and mom-in-law, I visited Orange City, Iowa in late April for my grandmother-in-law's 100th birthday. The small town (pop. 6k) is a Dutch enclave with windmills, wooden shoes and over half a dozen reformed churches. Most of these photos are from a single day that we spent driving around. A few at the end are from Omaha, where we flew into and out of.

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Stairs
Across from Windmill park there is a... tower... that you can climb up and look out over the town... from about 15 feet up. It's pretty random.

Highest Price
Some Cute Little Gift Shop
This awesome intricately detailed antique cash register isn't used to ring customers up, but it still holds their money and works like a charm. The highest dollar amount it can handle is shown here.

Steer Head
Wouldstra's Meat Market
One of the local establishments. Your source for old world meats!

Old Scale
Wouldstra's Meat Market
If you think this looks vintage, they also had an old scale that was about 100 years old.

Woudstra's
Wouldstra's Meat Market
In addition to a dizzying array of meat, they had local wines and tons of Dutch treats, like Wilhemina mints and gross salty licorice. We bought a lot of stuff and were sad we couldn't buy any fresh meat - we did get some jerky, though.

Giant Windmill
Chamber of Commerce
Yes, this is the Orange City Chamber of Commerce. Pretty awesome, no?

Blade
Chamber of Commerce
The 'building' was closed when I stopped by, but I could see it was full of Dutch stuff. Obviously.

Bell Tower
American Reformed Church
You could hardly drive two blocks without passing some sort of reformed church. This one had a pretty cool bell tower.

Steeple Shadow
Curiously, this church lacked a sign saying what it was. I'm gonna assume it was a reformed church.

Old Scale
Wouldstra's Meat Market
If you think this looks vintage, they also had an old scale that was about 100 years old.

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Wouldstra's Meat Market
If you think this looks vintage, they also had an old scale that was about 100 years old.