When our kids were little, summer days long, and exuberance ceaseless, we would go exploring Eastern Iowa – with Winneshiek County becoming our favorite destination. Thanks to my Slovak ...

At 1,670 feet, it is Iowa’s highest elevation and the 42nd highest state point in the United States. It may not look like a mountain, but it sure seemed like one to Watson. Professor Anna Barker ...

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