Minnie Queen Playground in Okoboji
It’s one of the newest playgrounds in Okoboji and it’s designed after the Queen II boat that takes tourists out on the lakes. It was…
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Amish Country Store in Lamoni, Iowa.
I was traveling along Interstate 35, heading south to Kansas City pulled over to check out the Amish Country Store in Lamoni. Prior to the…
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The largest barn in Iowa: Stone Barn in Stone City.
While researching, I wasn’t able to find a definitive source that would declare that it was indeed the largest barn in Iowa – but there…
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Yellow Smoke Park in Denison, Iowa
Address: 2237 Yellow Smoke Road, Denison, Iowa Website: Yellow Smoke Park A 40-acre lake with camping, cabins, fishing, swimming and a 4-mile paved walking/biking trail…
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50,000 gallons per minute – Old Jumbo Geyser in Belle Plaine
When the city of Belle Plaine, Iowa wanted a new water source, they put out a bid for the work. The award went to the…
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Bee Branch Creek Greenway in Dubuque
Following a storm in 1999, the city of Dubuque began focusing on this area of frequent flooding. They turned the sewer lines back into a…
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Youngsville Cafe
It’s located along the old Lincoln Highway, now Highway 30, near Watkins, Iowa. The cafe was built in 1931 by Joe Watkins, who set it…
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Why is Onawa’s main street so wide?
Onawa, Iowa has a really serious wide main street – but why? Answer: I did some digging and it seems that there isn’t one clear…
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How Humphrey Parker’s walking stick became the tree in the middle of the road
I received a copy of “The Parker Family Tree: The Parker family of Cass County, Iowa. Its origins and passages” by Mary Rendleman Gilchrist. Congrats…
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Get your selfie with the American Gothic farmer and daughter.
“God Bless America” is a traveling sculpture by Seward Johnson that is inspired by Grant Wood’s painting “American Gothic”. The sculpture has been in the…
