The Story of Iowa In 100 Landmarks

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>America turns 250. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Let's go find the candles.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Looking for a history lesson that doesn't feel like homework? You've found it. At 250history.com the Semiquincentennial Series brings each state's distinctive landmarks to center stage to tell their fast and fun story. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We've wandered through big cities tiny towns muddy trails and neon-lit highways-uncovering 5000 historic gems along the way.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Semiquincentennial isn't just a mouthful-it's a reminder that history is alive sometimes weird and always waiting to be rediscovered. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Whether you're traveling by road by printed page or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week we invite you to explore 100 Iowa landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the Hawkeye State. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Lincoln Highway... RAGBRAI... Danish capital of America... six-on-six</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>basketball... pedal buttons... POW camps... funiculars... frozen water</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>trade... squirrel cage jails... Meskers... the CCC... sprint cars... kissing</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>bridges... the golden age of motoring... earth lodges... Amana Colo-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>ny... lime kilns... fire towers... Iowa Writers Workshop... Cathedrals of</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the Prairie... Midwest Grotto Movement... lead rush... Good Roads</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Movement... jewel box bans... Drake Relays... one-room schools...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>round barns... atmospheric theaters... Lustron houses... This book will</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>have you telling stories like a native in no time.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the explanations behind the quirks the traditions and the secrets that</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>make Iowa uniquely Iowa. Where is the only Frank Lloyd Wright hotel</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>in the world? Solved. Why do hoboes make their way to Britt every</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>year? A mystery no more. What is the oldest operating airfield west of</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the Mississippi River? Identified. What song from Meredith Wilson's</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Music Man did the Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show in their</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>American debut? Revealed. Why did the Dibbles install that Gothic</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>window on their simple frame farmhouse? No one knows.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It is a story only Iowa can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public or at least visible from public spaces. So fire up the GPS and see the story of the Hawkeye State standing in plain sight on Iowa streets!</span></p><p></p>