The best Lighted Christmas Parade in Iowa (2026)
If you haven’t seen Oskaloosa’s downtown square decorated for Christmas, parade night is a great reason to go. Lighted floats roll past the glowing storefronts…
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Book Vault in Oskaloosa
It’s my favorite book store in Iowa – where they store their valuables (books) in the vaults! Yes, no kidding – there are three vaults…
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Christkindlmarket Des Moines: A German Christmas Market (2026)
It’s time for Glühwein, bratwurst, and Christmas shopping! Christkindlmarket Des Moines brings a European-style Christmas market to downtown Des Moines, with decorated vendor huts, traditional…
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Bayliss Park and the black squirrels
Some towns have a signature landmark. Council Bluffs has black squirrels. You’ll find them represented in local artwork and community branding, and you might spot…
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Painting with Lights in Oskaloosa (2026)
Oskaloosa doesn’t stop at hanging Christmas lights along the rooflines. During Painting with Lights, more than 300,000 LED Christmas lights cover the fronts of buildings…
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The POET Tree in Hanlontown, Iowa: A Spectacular Christmas Lights Stop
One tree. Thousands of white lights. Just west of Hanlontown, Iowa, the POET Tree turns a lone tree in an open field into a memorable…
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See over 100 Tiffany stained glass windows at St. Luke’s Church in Dubuque, Iowa.
Louis Comfort Tiffany was a master of glass. While most stained glass artists of his time painted color onto glass, Tiffany embedded the color directly…
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Convivium Urban Farmstead in Dubuque, Iowa.
“Let’s go eat some stuff” announced A.J. Schultz, the Farm Manager at Convivium Urban Farmstead in Dubuque, Iowa as our group tour was about to…
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Check out the great views at Eagle Point Park in Dubuque, Iowa.
Cost is $1 per car, but the views are priceless. It’s one of my favorite city parks in the state of Iowa – even though…
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Longest Lunar Eclipse in 580 years
Yes, there will be an “almost” total lunar eclipse in the early morning hours of Friday, Nov19th, 2021 – and if there are clear skies,…
