Public art has exploded in many Iowa towns. For some locations, it takes the form of building murals. In Mason City, Iowa it mostly takes the form of sculptures. They have some building murals too, but their strength is in their public sculptures. Not only is there a large number of sculptures, but each one…
The town of LeMars, Iowa has the ultimate ice cream cone scavenger hunt with 56 decorated ice cream cones! Le Mars is known as the Ice Cream Capital of the World, as they are the world’s largest manufacturer of ice cream in one location. Keeping with this theme, the town implemented a public art project…
“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 state of Iowa before, it was featured at the Iowa State Fair and also at Anamosa in previous years. Location: 300 block on Main Street in Anamosa, Iowa. (exact google…