CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Drip, drip, drip. Sap from over 200 trees provides the sweet goodness of maple syrup to thousands of people each year. The annual Maple Syrup Festival… Read the full story »
Heartland Museum
CLARION, Iowa — Heartland Museum, located in Clarion, continues to increase in number of visitors each year, achieving over 2,000 in 2018. These visitors come from all over the USA… Read the full story »
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The Grout Museum District
The Grout Museum District consists of four buildings: The Grout Museum of History and Science, the Bluedorn Science Imaginarium, the Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum, and the Rensselaer Russell House…. Read the full story »
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Fossil & Prairie Park Preserve
As one of the original designated Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area sites, the Fossil & Prairie Park Preserve has been sharing their agricultural connection since 2001. The connection is… Read the full story »
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Brucemore
Brucemore’s bucolic landscape, with its rolling yards, soaring trees, timber-lined pond, and stunning gardens, is more than a beautiful setting. The Brucemore landscape is a time capsule, preserving evidence of… Read the full story »
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The Grout Museum District
The Grout Museum District consists of four buildings: The Grout Museum of History and Science, the Bluedorn Science Imaginarium, the Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum, and the Rensselaer Russell House…. Read the full story »
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Mathias Ham Historic Site
Dedicated to sharing the rich history of Mathias Ham, the city of Dubuque, life on the Mississippi River, and life during the Victorian era, Mathias Ham Historic Site in Dubuque,… Read the full story »
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Carrie Lane Chapman Catt Girlhood Home
The centennial of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment granting women the vote will be celebrated in 2020. Carrie Lane Chapman Catt Girlhood Home honors the Iowan who led the… Read the full story »
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Richardson-Jakway Historic Site
Located just two miles south of Aurora, this historic pioneer settlement, once known as Muddville, played a vital role in westward movement as well as pioneer settlement during the 1800s…. Read the full story »
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Brucemore
One of only 29 National Trust Historic Sites in the nation, Brucemore holds an important piece of America’s agricultural story. Located in the heart of Cedar Rapids, the Queen Anne… Read the full story »
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