Kylie the Gorilla

Mount Pleasant’s Festival of Lights is the largest drive-thru holiday lights display in southeast Iowa with a 1.6-mile trail that contains over 140 displays. It’s held each year in the Midwest Old Threshers Campground on the south end of Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Where is the Festival of Lights? Google map location: 405 E Threshers Rd,…

If you’re a history buff, especially for the American Civil War or Abraham Lincoln, then you need to add the Harlan-Lincoln House in Mount Pleasant, Iowa to your road trip bucket list.   It’s a great story of how an Iowa family became closely tied to the Lincoln family.  The house now serves as a…

It’s sitting in the grass along the west side of the road on Highway 218, just north of Mount Pleasant. Technically, it’s a Julbock or Yule Goat, one of the oldest Scandinavian symbols. It’s there to welcome you to the town of Swedesburg, Iowa, and its rich Swedish-American history. Drive just two blocks past the…