This state park has 13 caves to explore for free!
Did you know that Maquoketa Caves State Park has more free caves to explore than any other state park in the United States? Yes, 13…
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Take a drive down the world’s most crooked street
Don’t be fooled, the world’s most crooked street isn’t in California, it’s in Iowa. In 1940, Robert Ripley visited the street in person and proclaimed…
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Walk the oldest outdoor Way of the Cross
Nestled in the hills behind the St. Donatus Catholic Church in St. Donatus, Iowa is the oldest outdoor Way of the Cross in the United…
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See a 60-foot tower made from hundreds of wagon wheels
At the age of 90, local farmer L. J. Maasdam started welding them together his collection of wagon wheels. Today, the Wagon Wheel Sculpture stands…
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Glow into Spring (2024)
Normally you have to wait for summer months before hot air balloon events are available in Iowa – but not this year. The city of…
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Your chance to sleep in a grain bin
Metal grain bins are scattered all over the Iowa landscape, but would you sleep in one? Travel to O’Brien County for your chance to sleep…
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Where To See The Future Birthplace Of James Kirk
March 22nd is the future birthday of Captain James T. Kirk, captain of the starship Enterprise in Star Trek. In Gene Roddenberry’s original The Making…
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Harvey Railroad Bridge
It’s an old railroad bridge that now serves as a narrow level B road over an old channel of the Des Moines River. During the…
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When and where to see the Ghost Players in 2024
It’s the self-proclaimed, “Greatest Show on Dirt” where players are dressed in the 1919 Chicago White Sox uniforms and enter the Field of Dreams coming…
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See one of the tallest observation towers in the Midwest
Cordova Observation Tower sits on the north shore of Lake Red Rock in Marion County, Iowa, and is one of the tallest observation towers in…
