Overnight Getaway to Cedar Rapids

Day 1

See how wealthy families lived in the late 1800s and 1900s at the historic Brucemore house museum and meander through the beautiful gardens.

Enjoy a small-plate gourmet lunch, including strawberry salad and sausage kale chowder, at Zins Restaurant.

In the historic Czech Village, see colorful folk costumes and imported glass at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library and try a kolache at Sykora Bakery.

Stand behind President Obama's podium and sit at a segregated drug store lunch counter at the African American Museum of Iowa.

The Lighthouse Inn Supper Club specializes in barbeque ribs.

At day's end, relax at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center, where hospitality students from Kirkwood Community College and professional staff work together to provide top-notch service.

Day 2

It's hard to go wrong with the stuffed French toast-cinnamon and brown sugar French toast stuffed with cream cheese and your choice of fresh strawberries or blueberries and topped with whipped cream-at the Breakfast House Cafe.

Eclectic shops surround the nearby Marion Uptown District town square. Enjoy Midwestern art at the Campbell Steele Gallery. Then buy some hand-rolled truffles and dark chocolate sea salt caramel as gifts at The Chocolate Shop.

For lunch, try the Let's Meat in the Middle salad (romaine, iceberg and spinach with ham, turkey, roast beef and salami tossed in Parmesan and pepper dressing) at Ramsey's Metro Market.

Don't miss the renowned Grant Wood collection at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art or the Grant Wood Studio, where Wood painted some of his most famous works.

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