East Iowa, Iowa
You won't believe your senses. Baseball players that materialize from cornstalks. A riot of color born aloft on the wings of butterflies. The soulful rhythms of jazz and blues - the river's own music. And to toast it all, a glass of award-winning Iowa wine.
Explore East Iowa
Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House is the oldest theater in Dubuque and was built in 1889-1890 at an estimated cost of $65,000. Done in the Richardsonian architectural style, the original facade consists of St. Louis brick facing with Bayfield red sandstone trim. Dubuque'
Dubuque, IA Opera HousesSchuetzen Park Historic Site
This site holds many special memories for generations of local German-Americans and other area residents. In 1870, the Davenport Schützengesellschaft (later called the Schützen Verein) created this "Schützenpark"
Davenport, IA Historic SitesAnamosa Penitentiary Museum
Historic stone building on the prison grounds displays artifacts and historical information about Iowa's largest correctional facility.
Anamosa, IA MuseumsTri-County Historical Society Museum
Exhibit features Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Urban "Red" Faber. One-room school, narrow gauge railroad car, bell collection, artifacts and archives from Dubuque, Jones and Jackson counties.
Cascade, IA MuseumsClinton County Historical Society Museum
Learn the story of early Mississippi-area settlers and the local lumber business. Period furniture and rare manually-powered fire engine.
Clinton, IA MuseumsBuffalo Bill Museum/The Lone Star Steamer
Tribute to legendary native "Buffalo Bill" Cody, as well as a memorial to American Indians, pioneers, and steamboat days. View the "Lone Star Steamer, " the last wooden-hull sternwheeler and a National Historic Landmark. Learn of Professor James Ryan, inventor of the "black box"
Le Claire, IA MuseumsRiver Arts Center - Home of the Clinton Art Association
Downtown Clinton's River Arts Center houses our Gallery, Gift Shop, Clinton Art Players Theater, and Rainbow Pottery. We offer many classes throughout the year. Our Gallery offers eight exhibits per year, each lasting approximately six weeks;
Clinton, IA Art CentersDan Nagle Walnut Grove Pioneer Village
Walnut Grove was an 1860s settlement and stagecoach stop, and now includes 18
Long Grove, IA MuseumsBellevue Butterfly Garden
Garden designed specifically to attract butterflies by providing nectar plants for adults and host plants for caterpillars. Some 60 species of butterflies expected each year. Adjacent to a three-acre reconstructed prairie, this garden is also used as a teaching and research resource.
Bellevue, IA Gardens