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Travel Iowa Veterans receive free admission to Des Moines Botanical Center on Veteran’s Day (11/11)

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Travel Iowa The Pappajohn Sculpture Park is featured in a New York Times article today. http://tinyurl.com/yglguxg

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This fall, a 4.4-acre site in downtown Des Moines will become a sculpture park, with works by Willem de Kooning and Louise Bourgeois.
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Travel Iowa The Los Angeles Times covered Grant Wood and Cedar Rapids - http://tinyurl.com/yl9d24z

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Trundling along the gravel roads of eastern Iowa, through valleys planted with neat rows of corn and over rolling, wooded hills, you can easily understand how the land inspired artist Grant Wood.
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Travel Iowa Looking for some haunted locations to visit this weekend?

Read about the Mason House Inn in Bentonsport http://tinyurl.com/yjuqk5v and http://tinyurl.com/ygtzhmt

Or the Villisca Axe Murder House: http://tinyurl.com/yjy3sgx

What haunted places in Iowa do you know about?

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Upon my arrival at the Mason House Inn in Bentonsport, Iowa, I noticed movement out of the corner of my eye. As I put my car into park and exited, I saw a black cat trotting through a small opening ...
Larry
Larry
Charlotte Haunted House

Charlotte, Iowa on Highway 136 at the Charlotte Area Activity Center (the old school).
October 27 at 9:27am
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Travel Iowa See who took home awards at the 2009 Iowa Tourism Awards Ceremony last week - http://tinyurl.com/itc09awards

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October 22, 2009 (Tama, Iowa) — The Iowa Tourism Office and the Travel Federation of Iowa presented 19 awards to industry members during the 2009 Iowa Tourism Conference in Tama today. “This is another great group of winners,” said Iowa Tourism Office Manager Nancy Landess. “We ...
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Travel Iowa 2008 tourism-generated expenditures in Iowa increased 2.2% over 2007. Now a $6.4 billion industry.

October 21 at 1:14pm
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Travel Iowa Forbes Traveler named Guttenberg one of America’s Prettiest Towns. http://ow.ly/veRD

What's your pick for Iowa's prettiest town?

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Like all beauty pageants, this is a subjective onebut we've received help from several experts with keen eyes for architecture, aesthetics, and small-town charm. This year's pretty-town pickers include ...
Nickelle
Nickelle
I love Iowa's small river towns - I bet the fall colors in Guttenberg are awesome around this time.
October 19 at 9:24am
Michael Seidler
Michael Seidler
Definitely Waterloo. Post-industrial decay!
October 19 at 10:10am
Ronda L Nelson
Ronda L Nelson
drove the great river road last year and loved it - I can only imagine what it looks like during fall
October 20 at 9:23pm
Marti Graham

Marti Graham Keep the light on for me, I'm coming up..........

October 16 at 8:39pm · Report
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Travel Iowa
Where will you be visiting in Iowa?
October 19 at 9:08am
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Travel Iowa Elk Horn installing six electric car charging stations. The Danish Windmill will be the first welcome center, museum and attraction to have a EV charging station in Iowa; the AmericInn in Elk Horn will also be the first hotel In Iowa to offer this service. http://www.kcci.com/news/21256597/detail.html

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ELK HORN, Iowa -- A western Iowa town could soon be a major cross-country stop for anyone in an electric vehicle. Friday, October 9, 2009.
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Travel Iowa Both Grundy and Sac County were included in Midwest Living's “11 Barn Quilt Trails to Explore.” http://tinyurl.com/barnquilts

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Take a scenic drive to discover these roadside gems--colorful quilts painted on barns--and to enjoy the countryside.
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Travel Iowa The Iowa Pork Producers Association named Goldie’s Ice Cream Shoppe in Prairie City as the home of Iowa’s best breaded pork tenderloin.

October 6 at 9:05am
Bev Parker
Bev Parker
Check out Robert's Bakery in Walnut, Iowa ( antique city) they specialize in breads, pasteries, wedding and birthday cakes. They have also added soups and sandwiches with a few antiques thrown in! YUMMMMMM!
October 6 at 10:12am
Julia H Kern
Julia H Kern
They are wondeful!
October 6 at 1:36pm
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Travel Iowa The Historic Hills Scenic Byway is included in Midwest Living’s list of “Nine Little-Known Fall Drives” in this month’s issue.

http://www.midwestliving.com/travel/interest/scenic-drives/fall-drives/

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Let yourself relax into a slower gear with one of our beautiful fall drives through largely undiscovered parts of the Midwest.
Chandelle

Chandelle Anyone know anything about IDA GROVE? Our family is planning on moving there next June.

October 6 at 4:21am · Report
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Travel Iowa
Delighted to hear your moving to Iowa!

Ida Grove has several castles: http://www.idagroveia.com/Resources/pages/aboutig_castles.html

More on the city here: http://www.idagroveia.com/index.html
October 6 at 9:02am
Our Trip Takes Us

Our Trip Takes Us My family is on a tour of the lower 48 and just spent a great week in Iowa. Follow our journey at http://www.ourtriptakesus.com

October 4 at 10:08pm · Report
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Travel Iowa
Field of Dreams is a classic! I have yet to do the fossil hunting, but it's on my (rather lengthy) to do list.
October 12 at 5:45am
Our Trip Takes Us
Our Trip Takes Us
Maybe Travel Iowa would be interested in partnering with us. We are promoting other organizations along our trip. It would be a great way to put your name out there in other states. Let me know if you are interested. We have info on our website or you can email us.
October 13 at 3:28pm