More Iowa Features

• East-Central Iowa Scenic Drive

  Cruise some of the prettiest land around.

• Iowa's Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum

  Laura was nine years old in 1876 when the Ingalls family lived in and managed the hotel in this northeast Iowa vill...

• Southeast Iowa Scenic Drive

• Loess Hills, Iowa

  While the soil is common, it's only accumulated like this in three places: Germany, China and Iowa.

• Pella: Authentically Dutch, thoroughly modern

  Savor a fabled springtime fest in a traditional, storybook downtown in central Iowa.

• Grant Wood's Anamosa, Iowa

  Anamosa takes particular pride in Wood, the town's most famous native son.

• Cedar Rapids, Iowa

  Grant Wood made cornfields cool while teaching in the public schools of Cedar Rapids.

• Upper Iowa River Valley

  The river courses 35 miles southeast through the historic county seat of Decorah.

• Lakeside Getaways

  Go tubing or canoeing in this small Winnebago County park.

• Peaceful Places

• Grant Wood's Iowa Art

  Grant Wood couldn't have guessed that he was creating a national icon.