Sighting #11, in the unlikeliest of places...

So I was in Des Moines, Iowa this weekend for a wedding. This is the second wedding my wife and I have attended in the Hawkeye State--what are the odds of that? Anywho, we were expecting to find some fresh ears of sweet corn, but otherwise weren't anticipating much from our trip to Iowa's state capital. Surprisingly, though, Des Moines was kind of an interesting city. As most other large cities, the downtown core is undergoing quite a bit of revitalization and gentrification, but Des Moines seems to have chosen some interesting architects for a few of their construction projects. Perhaps the coolest thing was the the Des Moines Public Library which had some type of copper mesh within the glass windows that made the building look like it was built out of copper during the day with the sunlight reflecting off of it, but would appear completely transparent at night with lights illuminating the building from the interior. Even the State Capitol building itself was pretty impressive and unique with real 23K gold leaf on the dome.

But all that wasn't what really caught my eye over the weekend. Driving back to our hotel late at night we spotted this around 7th and Locust downtown. We snapped a picture the next day on our way home: