Toolesboro Indian Mounds & Museum - Wapello, Iowa This is a group of seven Woodland culture burial mounds and visitor center/museum with Oneota culture artifacts. The Toolesboro site consists of seven burial mounds on a bluff overlooking the Iowa River … [Read more...]
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Museum Of Repertoire Americana – Theater Museum-Mount (Mt.) Pleasant, Iowa
Description – In a building at the north end of the campground section of the Midwest Old Threshers complex in Mount (Mt.) Pleasant, Iowa, is located the Museum of Repertoire Americana(Theatre Museum). Visitors will find a unique collection of memorabilia … [Read more...]
The Miller House Museum – Keokuk, Iowa
The three–story, 12–room brick home was built by Justice Samuel Miller in 1857 in Keokuk, Iowa. The Museum is owned and operated by the Lee County Historical Society. The home was built by Samuel Freeman Miller in 1859 at a cost of $13,000. Miller … [Read more...]
SWEET CORN FESTIVAL – West Point, Iowa
SWEET CORN FESTIVAL - West Point, Iowa This annual four-day event takes place on the town square and runs from Thursday through Sunday inclusive, over the second weekend of August. Nearly 25,000 people decend on West Point to eat the wonderful sweet corn … [Read more...]
Swedish Heritage Museum – Swedesburg, Iowa
The Swedish Heritage Museum displays exhibits that present the immigrant experiences of the Swedish settlers of Swedesburg, early farming practices of the farmers who reclaimed the marshy acres surrounding the town, and the history of the church established … [Read more...]
Starr’s Cave Park And Preserve – Burlington, Iowa
This 200-acre park and preserve in Burlington, Iowa contains a variety of forest groupings—from bottom-land softwoods to upland hardwood timber. Native prairie grasses and flowers are found in small patches along the limestone bluffs. Some prairie restoration … [Read more...]
Snake Alley – Burlington, Iowa
This brick street has been noted in Ripley's Believe It or Not as the crookedest street in the world. It consists of five half curves and two quarter curves and drops 58 feet over a distance of 275 feet. Visitors can walk or bicycle down its winding way. … [Read more...]
Ellston Pioneer Museum – Ellston, Iowa
In this complex in Ellston, Iowa, visitors can tour a variety of historical sites: the restored Cornwall Pioneer Home, the Hazel Glen rural school, and the National Old Thresherman’s Hall of Fame. … [Read more...]
Midwest Central Railroad – Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
Description – At Midwest Old Threshers, and the Midwest Central Railroad are comprised of volunteer groups. These two groups have preserved and operate two historic types of transportation. The Midwest Central Railroad has over 8 pieces of narrow gauge … [Read more...]
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant – Middletown, Iowa
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant - Middletown, Iowa - Iowa Army Ammunition Plant is a Group Technology Center for missile warheads, tank ammunition, artillery rounds and demolition charges. The Iowa AAP's 1,500 building facility is built on 19,300 acres in southeast … [Read more...]