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1. Things to do in Iowa You really ought to give Iowa a try...
2. Iowa is a great place to live! Iowa is a great place to live!
3. Shawn Johnson Pictures Gallery - Famous Female Gymnast | Olympic Gymnast Biography Gymnast Shawn Johnson is the current American women's artistic gymnastic world all-around champion and the best American female gymnast. Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson won one gold medal and tree silver medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. image sour...
4. Unique Light Switch Covers for Your Home Light switch covers (or as some people might call them - switchplates) are one of those necessary things in our home. But did you realize that you don't have to settle for plain, boring white/tan covers. There is something out there for everyone and...
5. ITT Tech - Des Moines Iowa Campus Info The New ITT Tech Campus that opened in Des Moines / Clive , Iowa recently was the 99th ITT campus opened. Here is some information about that campus including courses, degree programs, pictures, maps, reviews, demographics and more.
6. The Orphan Trains In 1854 the Orphan Trains began carrying orphaned, neglected and homeless children from the streets of New York City to new homes throughout the country. There has been some assertion that this "placing out" of the children of poor Jewish and Catholi...
7. Jaarsma Bakery- Delicious Dutch Letters and Much More! When I went to Central College in Pella, Iowa back in the 1980's, one of my favorite destinations was Jaarsma's Bakery. It was a wonderland of pastries and other goodies. My friend Mary and I used to try to get to Pamida and back without being seduc...
8. My Mother's Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake The day may have been dark and gloomy; the cold, wet snow could be piled up to the windows, we couldn't go out, there were only 3 TV channels then. Ugh! But then Mom would decide it was time to make a chocolate mayonnaise cake and the whole day was...
9. Family Vacations Ideas I decided to come up with a list of vacation spots I would like our family to take. After you look over the list you may think I'm crazy (from a state fair to Hawaii!). These are places that I want to show/experience with my children. My husband & I...
10. How to Become President of the United States To be President you have to be 35 years old, a natural born citizen of the U.S. (boo!), and a resident of the U.S. for 14 years. Are you qualified? Then why not give it a shot? And if you're too young, or too foreign-born, then maybe you have a frien...
11. Iowa Hawkeye T-Shirts If there were ever a time to don your black and gold, this is it. Here's a collection of our favorite Iowa tees from around the internet. We're always on the lookout for other great designs. If you find some online, or tailgating, link them...
12. The Historic Flood of 2008 This lens is all about the 2008 Midwest flooding. This flood has grown to historic proportions that haven't been seen in modern times. All up and down the Mississippi River, people have been affected by this disaster and it is not over. Bookmark us t...
13. Iowa Jobs Iowa Jobs - Iowa offers a wide range of jobs in all sectors: Iowa's main agricultural outputs are hogs, corn, soybeans, oats, cattle and dairy products. Iowa's industrial outputs are food processing, machinery, electric equipment, chemical products,...
14. Bill Bryson - Travel, Language, Humor, Nearly Everything Bill Bryson is an American author who has written several books on travel in Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States. He has also written several books on the English language, as well as a book on the history of science, a memoir, and a boo...
15. Bob "Rapid Robert" Feller Bob Feller is one of the greatest pitchers of all time. He is a Hall of Famer, and the Cleveland Indians career leader in victories, strikeouts and complete games. A statue of him stands outside of Progressive Field, and he even has his own museum. A...
16. You are Cordially Invited to Share Your Family Legends Years ago a guy I was dating told me the story of his uncle who had a shrunken head of a Nazi soldier that he brought back from WWII. He was very proud of his uncle, so I was gentle when I told him that that couldn't be true. In the first place even...
17. Women's Basketball: Alive and Dunking! I grew up in Iowa in an athletic family. Grade school occurred in the 50's. At that time the small towns in Iowa had girls basketball, two court. The big cities (towns of 10,000 or more) did not. Basketball was the only girls sport and the folks love...
18. Arrowsmith Printing: Entreprenuership in Small Town Iowa in Mid /Century In 1948 Fritz and Marjorie Arrowsmith took their 2 children Micheal 7 years and Margo 6 months and moved half way across Iowa with no car, $100 in the bank and $6500 in debt. The printer and former high school journalism student took on the job of re...
19. Renaissance Fairs in the Northern US Find renaissance, fantasy, or pirate style fairs in your state. Each article includes detailed descriptions consisting of locations, dates, times, ticket prices, and special features.
20. Home, A Novel With Heart In the novel, Home, by Marilynne Robinson, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 2005, Glory Boughton, a 38-year-old high-school teacher, has come home to care for her failing, elderly father. At least that's what she tries to tell herself whi...