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…
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Ghost players mural in Dyersville, Iowa
This mural of players walking through the corn onto the field is located in Dyersville, Iowa at the intersection of 1st Ave and 2nd Street….
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My favorite place to watch for Perseid meteors.
The Perseid meteor shower typically peaks around Aug 12th or 13th and can display anywhere from 60 to 100 meteors per hour. Of course, the…
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Where were you when the derecho hit?
Three years ago today, one of the craziest storms hit Iowa – the Derecho of August 10th, 2020. As if 2020 wasn’t already weird enough….
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Mini Wakan State Park
It’s located in the Okoboji / Iowa Great Lakes area on Big Spirit Lake. In fact, the park is on the Iowa – Minnesota border….
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Building Art Murals in Dubuque
Starting back in 2016, downtown Dubuque, Iowa has seen a steady growth of building art murals. It’s now estimated to have nearly 45 significant murals….
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How to photograph sunflowers with light painting
Although I mostly cover road trips and various places to visit in Iowa, I occasionally get asked for tips on recreating specific photos, such as…
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NITE GLOW at the National Balloon Classic: What to Know Before You Go
There is something completely different about seeing a hot air balloon after dark. Instead of watching balloons float across the sky, visitors to the NITE…
