Following its operational period from 1855 to 1988, the Johnson County Historic Poor Farm remained under county ownership but lay vacant. In 2017, the Board of Supervisors adopted a 10-year… Read the full story »
German American Heritage Center and Museum
The mission of the German American Heritage Center is to preserve and enrich for present and future generations knowledge of the German immigrant experience and its impact on the American… Read the full story »
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Forest Grove School
Forest Grove No. 5 is a restored one-room schoolhouse just off of Interstate 80 in rural Bettendorf, IA. The schoolhouse was built in 1873 and served as a place of… Read the full story »
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Silos & Smokestacks Headquarters
Start your Agriculture Adventure at Silos & Smokestacks headquarters in downtown Waterloo, Iowa. Learn about the story of Agriculture, plan your visit to any of our 113 Heritage Area Sites,… Read the full story »
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Winneshiek County Historical Society-Locust School Museum
Locust School, built in 1854 and operated continuously for 108 years, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The School Committee of the Historical Society was founded in… Read the full story »
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Wickiup Hill Learning Center and Area
This 880-acre complex just northwest of Cedar Rapids includes the Wickiup Hill Learning Center, which features educational displays highlighting our natural resources and the area’s Native American and archeological past,… Read the full story »
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Watson’s Grocery Store Museum
Watson’s Grocery Store was built in 1895 and continued, virtually unchanged, until 1989. Soon after, the State Center Historical Society was formed to save Watson’s Grocery as a landmark and… Read the full story »
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Waterloo Center for the Arts
Overlooking the scenic Cedar River in downtown Waterloo, the Waterloo Center for the Arts offers something creative for the entire family: changing gallery exhibits, classes, outstanding facility rentals, special events,… Read the full story »
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Wapsipinicon Mill Museum
The Wapsipinicon Mill is one of Iowa’s largest grist mills, towering six stories above the Wapsipinicon River. This museum interprets the grist milling process from 1870 to the 1940s and… Read the full story »
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University of Northern Iowa Marshall Center School
The Marshall Center School is a one-room school museum located on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa that has been restored as it was in the early 1920s,… Read the full story »
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