Dr. G.C. Stockman House
· 0.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Get ready to step back in time and see a true architectural masterpiece – this is the Dr. G.C. Stockman House, a Frank Lloyd Wright design right here in Mason City! Dr. George and Eleanor Stockman commissioned Wright to…
Curtis Yelland House
· 0.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over for a second and check out this house – it’s a piece of Prairie School architectural history right here in Mason City. This is the Curtis Yelland House, designed by William Eugene Drummond, an architect who…
Clear Lake: The Day the Music Died
· 9.0 mi
Clear Lake, Iowa, is where rock and roll suffered its first great loss. Tired of freezing tour buses, Holly chartered a small plane to the next stop. Minutes after takeoff in the early hours of February 3, the…
Surf Ballroom
· 9.0 mi · Historical Marker
The Clear Lake dance hall where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper played their final concert on February 2, 1959.
The Surf Ballroom
· 9.5 mi
The Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, was the last venue Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson ever played: the Winter Dance Party show on February 2, 1959, hours before the plane crash that…
Surf Ballroom
· 9.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
This unassuming ballroom marks the end of an era – the spot where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper played their final concert. On February 1959, these rock and roll legends took the stage at the Surf…
Buddy Holly Crash Site
· 10.3 mi · Historical Marker
The site north of Clear Lake where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson died in a plane crash on February 3, 1959.
The Day the Music Died — Crash Site
· 13.8 mi
A few miles northwest of Clear Lake, Iowa, is the field where a Beechcraft Bonanza crashed in the early hours of February 3, 1959, killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson, and pilot Roger…
