Uptown Marion Iowa, fun on the square!
Starting out with a wonderful scone and hot tea at Wit’s End Coffeehouse was a great way to kick off our morning in…
Category: Historical Travel
Museums, historical sites, historic figures
Popoli Ristorante, a jewel box bank turned restaurant
Living near Springfield, Illinois I have long been a Frank Lloyd Wright fan and as a Wright fan, I am also a Louis…
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, a library of beauty
Kenny Chesney has a new song out called “Noise”. The premise of the song is everywhere he goes there is noise until he…
Grant Wood’s Studio, a place of inspiration and work
Sean Ulmer, Executive Director of the Cedar Rapids Museum took time to show my mom and me around Grant Wood’s fascinating Studio during…
Fighting for Uncle Sam, Read About the Buffalo Soldiers in the Frontier Army as you travel along!
On a recent trip to Cedar Rapids I immersed myself in African American Military history with the book, “Fighting for Uncle Sam, Buffalo…