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 »
Effigy Mounds National Monument
The monument covers over 2,500 acres and protects more than 200 American Indian mounds. The monument’s 14 miles of hiking trails will take you past the ancient mounds, through wooded… 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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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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Vesterheim Norwegian – American Museum
This national treasure tells the story of American immigration through the lens of the Norwegian-American experience. Vesterheim’s world-class exhibitions and Heritage Park include farm homes, a black-smith shop, a mill,… Read the full story »
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Ushers Ferry Historic Village
Located near Seminole Valley Park, Ushers Ferry offers nine restored homes, businesses and civic buildings that are ADA accessible and open to tour in an early 20th century village setting… 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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University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
Explore your world at the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History–Iowa’s gateway to the global environment. Take a trip back in time through 500 million years of our natural… Read the full story »
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State Historical Building
The State Historical Building features the state’s flagship museum showcasing Iowa’s rich history, including our use of the land, through a variety of exhibitions. The historical library and state archives… Read the full story »
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