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Experience Iowa's History ...

Heritage sites offer an up-close look at the region's rich history and interesting people. Learn about the pioneers who traveled to and through Iowa on their way West. Experience the early days of Iowa agriculture. And learn about the forces of nature that shaped Iowa’s past.

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Ackley

Ackley Heritage Center
Ackley Heritage Center    (Attractions)

Visit the corner drug store with working soda fountain, and see displays and artifacts.

Adel

Adel Historical Museum
Adel Historical Museum    (Attractions)

1857 brick building served as Adel's original schoolhouse.

Agency

Chief Wapello´s Memorial Park

Visit Chief Wapello's Memorial Park, original site of an Indian Agency and the place where chiefs of the Sac and Fox Nation and representatives of the territorial and federal government signed a treaty for the purchase of Iowa lands.

Albert City

Albert City Historical Museum

View depot, 1900s-era home, military room, small grocery store, laundry room, tool shop and 1875 furnished schoolhouse.

Algona

Algona Nativity Scene
Algona Nativity Scene    (Attractions)

Half life-size scene with 60 figures was built by Camp Algona German prisoners of war, held here during World War II.

Camp Algona POW Museum
Camp Algona POW Museum    (Attractions)

Camp Algona housed up to 10,000 German prisoners of war from 1944 to 1946.

Allerton

Round Barn Site
Round Barn Site    (Attractions)

The 93-acre site is home to the fully restored 1912 Round Barn.

Amana

Amana Colonies Visitors  Center

Located in a newly restored corn crib in the village of Amana, the center offers travel information on the Amana Colonies and public restrooms.

Amana Heritage Museum
Amana Heritage Museum    (Attractions)

Three buildings of exhibits portray the story of the Amana Colonies, including religious history and communal life.

Amana Woolen Mill and Salesroom

Iowa's only operating woolen mill, with looms in operation Monday through Friday.

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