Table of Contents
Introduction 9
1 Dubuque and Points West: From a Classic River Town to a Famous Baseball Field 13
2 Great River Road North: Scenery & Shopping in Historic River Towns 31
3 Great River Road South from Dubuque to the Quad Cities: Jazz and John Deere on the Mississippi 47
4 Rollin' on the River: Muscatine, Burlington, Fort Madison and Keokuk 67
5 Northeast Iowa: Nature Trails and a Touch of Norway 81
6 Iowa City and Cedar Rapids: A Classic College Town and a Taste of Czech and Slovak Culture 99
7 The Amana Colonies and Kalona: Step Back in Time 121
8 Waterloo/Cedar Falls: Attractions Along the River 135
9 Southeast Iowa: Simplicity in Small Towns 149
10 Northern Iowa: From The Music Man to the Day the Music Died 161
11 Central Iowa: Heart of the Hawkeye State 179
12 Southern Iowa: A Legacy of Coal and the Mormon Trail 201
13 Iowa's Chain of Lakes: The Okoboji Area and Storm Lake 213
14 Northwest Iowa: Lewis and Clark Country, Dutch Windmills and Ice Cream! 225
15 Southwest Iowa: From Council Bluffs to the Cold War in Coon Rapids 239