Discover the Quad Cities!

1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic by 2 people | Log in to rate

Ranked #4,436 in Travel, #141,848 overall

Crossing the US on I-80, you'll find yourself crossing the Mississippi at Davenport, Iowa, one of what is know as the "Quad Cities."

Located on the border of Iowa and Illinois, the Quad Cities are the only place where the Mississippi River runs east and west.

This area is full of things to discover and is an easy day trip from Chicago. 

 

Hello, Quad Cities! 

Hello Quad-Cities (2002)

KWQC's Hello Quad-Cities, from the Women's Health Fair in 2002.

curated content from YouTube

Quad City Headlines 

from the Quad City Times

Loading Fetching RSS feed... please stand by

Isabel Bloom Sculpture 

Loading Fetching new data from eBay now... please stand by
eBay

Quad -City Landmarks 

Cemeteries - Rock Island National Cemetery - Burial & Memorials
Rock Island National Cemetery - The VA National Cemetery Administration honors the military service of our Nation's veterans. We provide a dignified burial and lasting memorial for veterans and their eligible family members and we maintain our veterans' cemeteries as national shrines.
Eagle Viewing Directory - Iowa
Where to view bald eagles.
Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive
Wonderful site with historical photos from the Quad Cities and surrounding areas.
Riveraction.org
RiverAction, Inc. site with information about Ride the River, River conservation and walking and biking trails and more.

Featured Quad-City Businesses 

QCBusinessJournal.com: The Quad-City Business Journal
Small Business Development Resources in the Quad-Cities and surrounding areas.
RJ Wolfe and Sons Landscaping works
RJ Wolfe and Sons Landscaping works
year- round servicing the Quad City area. See their lighting work at the Quad City Botannical Garden.
R.J. WOLFE & SONS
3040 Hickory Grove Road
Davenport, IA 52806
563-388-6769
Julie Suchy: handcrafted art glass beads
QC Artist with spectacular and one of a kind handmade bead creations. Her ebay ID is: Jewel-Suchy Copyright © 2005 Julie Suchy
All Rights Reserved created by Design-Sight
Blueprint 2010
Illinois Quad City Chamber of Commerce
Blueprint2010: A Regional Strategy for Unified Growth points
to a positive economic future for the Illinois Quad Cities.
A future that unites our communities.

Order Julie Suchy beads on eBay 

Loading Fetching new data from eBay now... please stand by
eBay

Quad City News 

Quad City Times
The premier newspaper for the QC (especially the Iowa side.)
River Cities Reader - Home
The River Cities Reader Online - Newspaper that covers the Arts, Business, Culture and Politics of the Quad Cities' area.
Quad-Cities Online
Home | Subscriber Services | Submit a news tip | Photo reprints | Obituaries | Site map |
Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa : News and Radio Stations
Quad City News and Radio Media List -- Newspapers TV News Stations Radio Stations Talk Radio Public Radio Satellite Radio
VisitQuadCities.com
Quad Cities Visitors Bureau site including event information, lodging search and more.
WQAD Home

Quad City Weather 

from the Quad City Times

Loading Fetching RSS feed... please stand by

Great Stuff on Amazon 

A Time We Remember

Amazon Price: $34.95 (as of 11/10/2009) Buy Now

Quad-Cities : Joined by a River

Amazon Price: (as of 11/10/2009) Buy Now

The Quad Cities and Their People

Amazon Price: (as of 11/10/2009) Buy Now

"Ask Us Anything (About the Quad-Cities)"

Amazon Price: (as of 11/10/2009) Buy Now

Quad City Guide 

Loading Fetching RSS feed... please stand by

Quad City Entertainment 

River Music Experience
EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS ADMISSION is free to all exhibits
30 years of QC concert photography by John Greenwood of the Leader/Argus and John Schultz of the Times
Interactive Multimedia Fun
Explore the innovators, styles and movement of the American

Quad City Events Calendar 

from the Quad City Times

Loading Fetching RSS feed... please stand by

Bill Wundram Books 

The Best of Bill Wundram , A Collection of Favorite Columns from the Quad-City Times

Long-time Quad City Times columnist Bill Wundram was recently honored with a new statue in Davenport. His homespun take on life has endeared him to generations of readers.

Amazon Price: (as of 11/10/2009) Buy Now

Raging River

Amazon Price: (as of 11/10/2009) Buy Now

Iowa: Celebrating the Sesquicentennial

Amazon Price: $12.44 (as of 11/10/2009) Buy Now

Mom Apple Pie & a Slice of Bill Wundram

Amazon Price: (as of 11/10/2009) Buy Now

Children's Books by Bill Wundram 

Finnius: The Tale of a Lost Little Elephant

Amazon Price: (as of 11/10/2009) Buy Now

Finnius and the Christmas Surprise

Amazon Price: (as of 11/10/2009) Buy Now

Local profiles on Amazon 

Isabel Bloom: The artist and her legacy

Amazon Price: (as of 11/10/2009) Buy Now

This is the story of little cat

Amazon Price: (as of 11/10/2009) Buy Now

Some Illinois residents claim East Moline to be the fourth 

Quad City Friends and Fans 

Say hi! What's your favorite thing about the Quad-Cities?

Margo_Arrowsmith wrote...

Hey, I enjoyed your lens. I grew up in Iowa and lived near the Quad cities, but they were big cities!

I just completed a lens about growing up in Iowa, in the weekly newspaper business.

Showless Joe: "Is this Heaven?" ... "No, its Iowa." I hadn't lived in Iowa for many years when I saw Field of Dreams, but I knew what he was talking about!

ReplyPosted July 20, 2008

wrote...

Hi, Online casino gambling has been growing rapidly. people are getting more and more attractive towards online gambling. because one can have lots of fun and excitement while playing online casino. here is all you wanna know about fair gambling.

ReplyPosted January 16, 2008

GypsyPirate wrote...

Great lens - glad you joined us in the Squidoo City Guide!

ReplyPosted September 24, 2007

BigJim wrote...

Thanks for joining the Squidoo City Guide.

ReplyPosted August 08, 2007

GypsyPirate wrote...

Great lens, glad to be in the Squidoo City Guide with you.

ReplyPosted August 06, 2007

view all 7 comments

Netflix Movies 

001- The Godfather
002- Casablanca
003- Citizen Kane
004- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
005- Chinatown
Try Netflix free for 14 days
Rent from Netflix

Quad City People 

The art of volunteering: Iaccarino prides himself on giving back to community full-time - Quad-Cities Online
Quad-City artist and teacher Ralph Iaccarino describes his philopsophy on "paying it forward."

by sheywood

My name is Susan F. Heywood and I'm a marketer, educator and entrepreneur. Sporadic blogging: DirectMarketingMBA.com/Blog  and teaching Onli...

(more)

Explore related pages

Create a Lens!