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s Cedar Rapids west of downtown has one of
the better collections of early
* 126,600. ~ @ n 87 16th Ave 20th-century American
SW, Suite 200, (800) 735-5557.
∑ cedar-rapids.com Regionalist paintings. It displays
works by Missouri’s Thomas Hart
This town’s downtown straddles Benton and Kansas-born John
the Cedar River. The Iowa artist Steuart Curry, as well as the only
Grant Wood lived in Cedar painted self-portrait of Grant
Rapids for much of his adult life Wood. The Putnam Museum of
and developed a Regionalist History and Natural Science
style that celebrated the people charts the early history of the
and landscapes of his home Mississippi River Valley, and
state. The Cedar Rapids includes an aquarium and a
Museum of Art has one of the giant-screen theater.
country’s largest collections of Dubuque as seen from the Fenelon
Wood’s paintings, including the Place Elevator E Figge Art Museum
well-known Young Corn. 225 W 2nd St. Tel (563) 326-7804.
The Carl and Mary Koehler railway that is a major tourist Open 10am–5pm Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat,
History Center details the area’s attraction today. 10am–9pm Thu, noon–5pm Sun.
early history, while the National The city’s main attraction is Closed Mon, public hols. 7
Czech and Slovak Museum & the National Mississippi River ∑ figgeartmuseum.org
Library celebrates the city’s large Museum and Aquarium, a
Czech and Slovak immigrant riverfront complex with exhibits
population. Czech Village, a on the mighty river’s history and g Iowa City
corridor along 16th Avenue ecology. Aquariums replicate * 68,000. @ n 900 1st Ave,
Southwest, is still lined with the habitat and ecosystem of Coralville, (800) 283-6592.
shops selling Czech delicacies. the country’s different rivers.
∑ iowacitycoralville.org
Easygoing Iowa City is home
d Dubuque f Quad Cities to the 3-sq-mile (9-sq-km)
* 57,500. ~ @ n 300 Main St, (Davenport) University of Iowa campus and
(800) 798-8844. * 480,000. ~ @ n 1601 River Dr, the school’s noteworthy Iowa
∑ traveldubuque.com Writers’ Workshop. The town
Moline, IL (800) 747-7800.
∑ visitquadcities.com served as the territorial and state
Iowa’s oldest city was established capital until 1857, and the Old
in 1788 by a French voyageur, Davenport is one of the four Capitol, now the Old Capitol
Julian Dubuque. During the Mississippi River communities Museum, is on campus.
19th century, the city’s nouveau that comprise the sprawling About 10 miles (16 km) east of
riche constructed luxurious 400,000-person “Quad Cities” Iowa City is the Herbert Hoover
homes atop the bluffs ringing area on both sides of the Iowa National Historic Site. The
the city. These citizens rode to and Illinois border. It is the only president’s boyhood home has
and from downtown, 296 ft city not blocked off from the been restored, along with a
(90 m) below, via the Fenelon river by flood-control walls. The number of buildings constructed
Place Elevator, an incline excellent Figge Art Museum by the local Quaker community.

Boats sailing below a bridge that spans the mighty Mississippi River, Davenport

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