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Iowa

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Effigy Mounds

This national monument is on the banks of the Mississippi River. Native Americans built these mounds in the shape of animals and were used for various ceremonial events.

Field of Dreams

If you build it, he will come. No trip to Iowa is complete without a visit to the place were the movie was made. It is exactly how it looks in the movie. Bring a couple of gloves and a ball because you will want to have a catch with whomever you came with. If you walk thru the cornfields in left center field you will eventually find the MLB ball field they built for the games played starting in 2021.

Iowa Fair

distance from home

Distance from home to Iowa is 346 miles