Friday, February 1, 2019

Iowa points of interest

Located between River Missouri and River Mississippi, Iowa is famous for its rolling plains and cornfields.

Here are five popular tourist attractions in Iowa.

Brucemore

Brucemore is a park-like, 26-acre site of a Queen Anne-style mansion, formal gardens, a children's garden, night garden, pond, orchard, and woodland.

Snake Alley

Constructed in 1894, this winding hillside street is composed of limestone and blueclay bricks. It consists of five half-curves and two quarter-curves over a distance of 275 feet.




National Farm Toy Museum

This museum specializes in preserving and displaying scale models, replicas, and toys based on farm equipment.

Clark Tower

This historical landmark is a castle-like limestone tower located in Winterset City Park in Winterset.

Temple Theater

This historic Beaux Arts style building located in Des Moines, Iowa. Constructed in 1913, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. It was designed by the Des Moines-based architectural firm Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson.