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Charles H. MacNider Museum

Tudor-style mansion with contemporary additions overlooks Willow Creek and features permanent collection of 19th and 20

Mason City, IA Museums

Lime Creek Nature Center

Visit the 450-acre conservation education facility with its walking trails, restored prairie, and nature center featuring animal displays.

Mason City, IA Nature Centers

Kinney Pioneer Museum

View fossils, dolls, ladies' fashions, soda shop and antique cars. Peruse Meredith Willson collection, one-room school, log cabin and blacksmith shop. See the rare Colby Car, manufactured in Mason City.

Mason City, IA Museums

Meredith Willson Boyhood Home

In 1902 Meredith Willson, who immortalized his hometown of Mason City as River City in "The Music Man," was born in this 1895 house. It is now filled with family memorabilia, musical treasures and period furnishings.

Mason City, IA Historic Homes


Things to do near Mason City, IA

Promise of America Monument

Bronze sculpture of Norwegian immigrant family on restored prairie site....

Hobo Museum & Hobo Gift Shop

The only hobo museum in existence is an intricate weaving of hobo history, railroad memorabilia and the National Hobo convent...

Scenic City Empress Boat Club

Double-deck riverboat, with enclosed lower level, offers chartered or catered cruises on the Iowa River. Rustic log cabin Bo...

Worth County Historical Society Museum

Museum complex includes 1880 Italianate building, 1874 country school, Creamery museum, Hanlontown Bank Museum, Kensett Commu...