The Gold Rush of the Midwest
Read about my visit to the National Pearl Button Museum. Muscatine Iowa was the pearl button capitol of the world!
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Ryan’s Round Barn, a place of circular beauty!
I don’t know when I have seen anything as lovely as Ryan’s Round Barn. Located in Johnson’s Sauk Trail State Recreation Area near…
Toy Show Season Has Arrived.
Read about this Carlyle, Illinois Toy show that kicks off the farm toy show season. Held in January, it is one of the first shows of the year.
Love yard art? Come to Salem, Illinois!
Stop by Pollard Yard Art in Salem, Illinois. Keith and I stopped after an 1year absence. I still love it as much today as I did a decade ago.