Marion and Rich Patterson

Off season Black Hills activities include cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, wildlife observation, snowmobiling and enjoying peaceful views.

Effigy Mounds National Monument and Earthmoving Legacy Center shows the evolution of earth-moving.

Ax throwing is gaining in popularity in Eastern Iowa and around the country.

Indiana’s Fair Oaks Farms offers a modern look at farming all year round

The newly renovated Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum reopened in July 2021.

Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home fits into the landscape and appears to have a stream rush underneath.

Although interesting places are scattered around town, five form the core. The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, Old Abilene Town, The Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad, the Dickinson County Heritage Center, and The Greyhound Hall of Fame and Museum are clustered together just a mile from the Interstate.

At least 12 Iowa colleges or junior colleges and many high schools have teams or clubs. These include Jefferson, Xavier and Kennedy high schools in Cedar Rapids. Coe College has a cracker jack team. So do Wartburg, William Penn, Upper Iowa and Simpson.

A visit to the 49th state gives railroad and nature enthusiasts a delightful way to penetrate the wilderness in comfort on the Alaska Railroad.

We wove our car through pines and spruces until the twisty gravel road abruptly ended. The view ahead was so …

National Hobo Museum and the annual National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa, welcome everyone to experience history.

Exciting river runs are within day trip range of the Corridor. All that’s needed is a kayak or float tube, moderate experience and a drive to Manchester or Charles City. Both towns feature whitewater parks.

People claim that America’s best engineering project was the Interstate Highway System that makes driving fast. Others counter that the massive roads destroyed regionalism by spawning gauntlets of chain restaurants and hotels.

You can slow down and get a great workout in while kayaking, rowing or directing a canoe

Iowa is an ‘epicenter of opportunities’ for ‘rock hounding,“ which can be a link to human history