When and where to see the Coca-Cola Holiday Caravan in Iowa
During December, catch up with the Coca-Cola Holiday Caravan, featuring the trademark bright red Coca-Cola semitrailer with holiday lights. They are parked at various businesses…
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Iowa’s Best Holiday Pop-up bars (2025)
What is a Holiday Pop-up Bar? Typically, it’s a restaurant and/or bar that pops up extra decorations during the holiday season. In fact, it’s usually…
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See 600+ animated Christmas figurines at Manilla’s Christmas Animated Extravaganza (2025)
Sisters Pat Palmer, Ann Lockwood, and Mary Underwood have been collecting animated Christmas figurines for years. And now their collection, totaling over 600, is available…
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Dome for the Holidays (2025)
It’s the newest holiday lights tradition in Central Iowa, featuring lights in the tropical indoor gardens under the geodesic dome at the Greater Des Moines…
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Iowa’s Best Holiday Markets (2025)
November and early December are the season for holiday markets and here are the best holiday markets in Iowa. Des Moines Holiday Boutique WHEN: Nov…
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The best FREE Christmas Lights in Iowa!
We’re building a list of the best FREE Christmas Lights in Iowa. No admission, no reservation, just beautiful Christmas lights for your family to enjoy!…
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Winterset’s Festival of Lights
Each year on the Friday after Thanksgiving, Winterset celebrates its Festival of Lights. Here’s a glimpse of what the typical schedule of events. Location: 112…
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Our favorite fall photos submitted in 2024
We recently asked Iowa Road Trip followers to submit their own fall photos – and here are some of our favorites!
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Using Frightmaps App to find the best spooky houses!
If you like driving around neighborhoods looking for the best spooky houses, download the FREE Frightmaps app. It’s your guide to finding the best Halloween-decorated…
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Iowa’s U-Pick Apple Orchards
We’re working on building a list of Iowa’s U-Pick Apple Orchards. It’s certainly not a complete list – so let us know who else should…
