Every airport has a three letter code that it is known by. Des Moines is DSM. Cedar Rapids is CID. Chicago O'Hare is ORD. Washington D.C. is DCA. What about ...

Many county seats in Iowa (a county seat is where the courthouse is located) have a downtown square with the courthouse being the element that all of the bui...

At one time, our state had thousands of one-room schoolhouses dotting the landscape. As populations grew and shifted and school districts consolidated, it ma...

West of Moorhead in Monona County on county blacktop E54 is a small church that seems like it could be plucked right out of a Hollywood movie set. Nestled in...

I'm paraphrasing here, but there is an old saying that essentially says, "There's no such thing as bad pizza". For someone who likes pizza, I could maybe fin...

Many small towns throughout Iowa have that one special restaurant where the locals gather for a good meal and a hot cup of coffee and the town scuttlebutt ru...

Iowa is home to a number of different "World's Largest". Sac City is home of the "World's Largest Popcorn Ball", Brandon has a huge frying pan, Audubon has a...

For many, a trip to beautiful Ireland is a bucket list trip. I've personally never been but perhaps someday. After all, anybody with a "Mc" last name probabl...

Every once in awhile I hear someone repeat the tired and obviously wrong cliche that Iowa is just a boring and flat state. Sure, we may not have any mountain...

To the outside observer or first-time visitor, Nemaha might seem quaint. But this close-knit community, with it's confident slogan of "A Mighty Small Town", ...

Teehee's Comedy Club in the Western Gateway neighborhood of Downtown Des Moines is the new home of local and independent comedy in the Des Moines metro. Over...

"Nestled in the Southwest corner of Iowa between the east and west branches of the Nishnabotna River, Emerson typifies the small town atmosphere and work eth...

Downtown Ames is a great place to visit at any time of year. With its array of impressive and historic buildings housing a diverse line-up of small businesse...

Just about every county in our state is home to one or multiple towns that, for any number of reasons, is no longer incorporated. Allendorf In Osceola County...

Just a few blocks from the mighty Mississippi River in downtown Davenport is Sippis American Grill and Craft Beer, a great local restaurant that advertises i...

Growing up as a student in Northwest Iowa in the 1990s and early 2000s, we were always told that the "Ocheyedan Mound" near Ocheyedan in Osceola County was t...

Traveling on I-29 between Sioux City and Omaha can be a beautiful drive. Obviously, especially during warmer months, you see a lot of corn and soybean fields...

The first trampoline was invented in 1936 and, as the decades have passed, these springy platforms have become a common toy in backyards of Americans from al...

Located between the world famous Loess Hills and the mighty Missouri River is the quaint Monana County community of Blencoe. Thousands of drivers speed by th...

In far northwest Iowa, just south of the Iowa-Minnesota border, you can exit Highway 60 and visit the site of the former Sterler Family Farm. What's so speci...

During the warmer summer months, Okoboji is Iowa's 'vacation destination'. Yet these days, even when the lakes are frozen over and the snow is flying, many o...

In 1851, nearly 170 years ago, the Iowa Legislature enacted a bill to add an additional 52 counties to the already established 48. 52 + 48 = 100, right? Righ...

Nestled just south of Winterset in Madison County, at the end of a long dirt driveway and above the Middle River Valley, is Pepperharrow Farms owned by Adam ...

Approximately one percent of Iowans identify as Muslim, yet our state is home to a very important landmark for those of the Islamic faith. In Cedar Rapids, o...