Northwest Iowa, Iowa
Immerse yourself in Iowa's sun-drenched Great Lakes Region for year-round recreation. Visit Sioux City landmarks, and retrace the footsteps of Lewis and Clark. Experience festival traditions that bring old and young together in celebration.
Explore Northwest Iowa
Spirit of the Lakes Excursions
Vintage coach and dining cars take travelers through the heart of the Iowa Great Lakes region. Saturday excursions, dessert and dinner trains. Sunday family excursion with meal. Passengers can choose meals or excursion-only.
Spirit Lake, IA ExcursionsPrairie Pedlar
More than 60 theme gardens on seven-acre plot, along with gift shop and greenhouse. Large restored barn showcases garden gifts and bouquets made from herbs and flowers. Free garden walks Sunday afternoons in July and August.
Odebolt, IA GardensAbbie Gardner State Historic Site
Abbie Gardner's Cabin is the site of "The Spirit Lake Massacre" of March 8, 1857. Original log cabin with pioneer artifacts, interpretive center and film with Abbie's paintings and 19
Arnolds Park, IA Historic SitesPlymouth County Historical Museum
View antique musical instruments, Civil War-era log cabin, schoolroom, barber and beauty shops, 1940s café, machinery and blacksmith shop, 1940s car and airplane. See military room, religious heritage room, restored 1925 gymnasium/auditorium and Westmar College memorabilia. Learn about the area'
Le Mars, IA MuseumsSioux City Explorers Baseball Club
Professional baseball since 1993 at Lewis and Clark Park.
Sioux City, IA Baseball ClubsWorld's Largest Popcorn Ball
This 3,100-pound popcorn ball set a new Guinness world record when it was created in 13 minutes by 40 volunteers in 2004. Seven feet tall and 23 feet in circumference, the popcorn ball is housed in its own buildling beside the Sac County Museum.
Sac City, IA ExhibitsSioux City Public Museum
Built from pink-colored Sioux Falls quartzite in the early 1890s, the Peirce Mansion exhibits artifacts from American Indian life and early settlement of the region to the present. Museum store with gifts, books and local crafts.
Sioux City, IA MuseumsDutch Windmill Visitors Center/Chamber of Commerce
Windmill stands 76
Orange City, IA Visitors Centers