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Anamosa
Grant Wood Scenic Byway (West End)
Begin your tour along the Grant Wood Scenic Byway with a side trip to Stone City, where you'll recognize what inspired Iowa's own Grant Wood: rolling hills, limestone structures, church spires, rounded haystacks and cornstalks. Follow signs from Anamosa and Stone City to and through Wyoming, Monmouth, Baldwin, Maquoketa, Andrew, Springbrook and Bellevue.
Grant Wood Tourism Center & Gallery
124 E. Main St.
319-462-4267
10-4 Mon.-Sat., 1-4 Sun., year-round.
Andrew
Andrew Jail
Main St.
319-672-3570 or 800-342-1837
1-5 daily, June-Aug.; 1-5 weekends, Sep.-Oct.; or by appointment.
Bellevue
Bellevue Butterfly Garden
One-half mile south of Bellevue on Hwy. 52 in Bellevue State Park
319-872-4019
Open during park hours.
Grant Wood Scenic Byway (East End) Stop to smell the wild flowers, photograph butterflies on asters, hike through a winding cave, take home a Grant Wood print or visit a German-baroque church ã all along the Grant Wood Scenic Byway. Follow signs from Bellevue to and through Springbrook, Andrew, Maquoketa, Baldwin, Monmouth, Wyoming, Anamosa and Stone City.
Young Historical Museum
406 N. Riverview
319-872-5830 or 800-653-2211
1-5 Sat., Sun. and holidays, Memorial Day weekend-Oct. 29.
Clinton
Bickelhaupt Arboretum
340 S. 14th St.
319-242-4771
Dawn to dusk, year-round.
Clinton Art Association Gallery
708 25th Ave. N. (Root Park)
319-243-3300 or 319-242-8055
1:30-4:30 Sat.-Sun. Special tours by appointment.
Clinton County Historical Society Museum
708 25th Ave. N. (Root Park)
319-242-1201 or 319-242-6797
1-3 Wed., 1:30-4:30 Sat.-Sun.
Clinton Lumber Kings
Riverview Stadium
319-242-0727
Apr.-Sep.
Mississippi Belle II Riverboat Casino
Showboat Landing
319-243-4020 or 800-457-9975
9 a.m.-2 a.m. Sun.-Thu., 9 a.m.-4 a.m. Fri.-Sat., year-round. Cruising season: 1-3 Mon.-Fri.,
May 15-Oct. 13.
Soaring Eagles Nature Center & Zoo
3923 N. Third St.
319-242-9088
Nature center: 8:30-4 Mon.-Fri., school year. Zoo: 11-5 Thu. and Sun., noon-7 Fri.-Sat.,
Memorial Day-Labor Day.
Dubuque
Welcome Center
Port of Dubuque Iowa Welcome Center
Third St. Ice Harbor
319-556-4372 or 800-798-8844
9:30-5:30 daily, year-round. Closed major holidays.
Cable Car Square
Fourth and Bluff streets
319-583-5000 or 319-588-8025
10-5 Mon.-Sat., 11-4 Sun., year-round.
Castaway Cruises
P.O. Box 1483
319-590-2776
May-Oct.
Crystal Lake Cave
3 miles south of Dubuque on Hwy. 52
319-556-6451
9-6 daily, Memorial Day-Labor Day; reduced hours May, Sep.-Oct.
Dubuque Arboretum/Botanical Gardens
3800 Arboretum Dr.
319-556-2100
8 a.m.-dusk, May-Oct.; 9-5 Dec.-Apr.
Dubuque Diamond Jo Casino
Third St. Ice Harbor
319-583-7005 or 800-LUCKY JO
Open 24 hours Fri.-Sat., 9 a.m.-2 a.m. Sun.-Tue., 9 a.m.-4 a.m. Wed.-Thu.
Dubuque Greyhound Park & Casino
1855 Greyhound Park Dr.
319-582-3647 or 800-373-3647
9 a.m.-2 a.m. Sun.-Thu.; 24 hours,
Fri.-Sat.; year-round.
Dubuque Museum of Art
36 E. Eighth St.
319-557-1851
10-5 Tue.-Fri.; 1-5 Sat.-Sun., year-round. Closed holidays.
Family Marine's Great River Cruises
Dubuque Marina
319-583-8848
9-5 daily, May-Oct.
Fenelon Place Elevator Company
512 Fenelon Pl.
319-582-6496 or 319-588-2357
8 a.m.-10 p.m. daily, Apr.-No
Mathias Ham House Historic Site
2241 Lincoln Ave.
319-557-9545 or 800-226-3369
10-4:30 daily, Memorial Day-Labor Day, and weekends in May, Sep. and Oct.
Mississippi River Museum
Third St. Ice Harbor
319-557-9545 or 800-226-3369
10-5:30 daily, May-Oct.; 10-4 Nov.-Apr. Closed Mon. and holidays.
Spirit of Dubuque Sightseeing & Dinner Cruises
Third St. Ice Harbor
319-583-8093 or 800-747-8093
Daily sightseeing, evening dinner cruises, Sun. luncheons, May-Oct. Call for complete
cruise schedule.
Sundown Ski Area
17017 Asbury Rd.
319-556-6676 or 888-SUNDOWN (snow report)
9 a.m. &endash; 10 p.m. daily, late Nov. to mid-Mar.
Dyersville
Basilica of St. Francis Xavier
Second St. SW
319-875-7325
Open year-round. Phone ahead.
Dyer-Botsford Victorian House & Doll Museum
330 First Ave. E.
319-875-2504
10-4 May-Nov.
Field of Dreams
Lansing Rd.
319-875-8404
9-6 daily, Apr.-Nov.
Inwood Woodcarving Exhibit
15426 Becker Lane
319-875-2087
9-5 Mon.-Sat., 1-5 Sun., May-Oct.
National Farm Toy Museum
1110 16th Ave. SE (Hwys. 136 and 20)
319-875-2727
8-7 daily except Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving.
Maquoketa
Costello's Old Mill Gallery
22095 Hwy. 64
319-652-3351
9-5:30 Tue.-Sat., noon-5:30 Sun. Closed Mon.-Tue., Jan.-Mar.
Jackson County Historical Society
1212 East Quarry St.
319-652-5020
10-4 Tue.-Fri., noon-4 Sun. Closed holidays.
Old City Hall Gallery
121 S. Olive
319-652-3405
3-6 Thu.-Fri., 11-5 Sat.-Sun., May-Dec.; or by appointment.
Monticello
Riverside Gardens
Third St., Hwy. 151
319-465-5626
Daily, dawn to dusk, year-round.
New Vienna
Heritage House Museum
7396 Columbus St.
319-921-3775
1-4 daily, May 1-Nov. 1.
Quad Cities
(includes Bettendorf, Davenport, Le Claire, Long Grove and Princeton)
Welcome Center
Mississippi Valley Welcome Center
900 Eagle Ridge Rd., Le Claire
319-289-3009
8:30-8 daily, Apr. 15-Oct. 15;
8:30-4:30, rest of year.
Buffalo Bill Cody Homestead
28050 230th Ave., Princeton
319-225-2981
9-5 daily, Apr.-Oct.
Buffalo Bill Museum
200 N. River Dr., Le Claire
319-289-5580 or 319-289-4989
9-5 daily, May 15-Oct. 15; 9-4:30 weekends, Oct. 16-May 14.
Colonel Davenport Historic Home
North shore of Arsenal Island off Rodman Ave., Davenport
309-786-7336
Noon-4 Thu.-Sun., May 11-Oct. 29.
Davenport Museum of Art
1737 W. 12th St., Davenport
319-326-7804
1-4:30 Sun.; 10-4:30 Tue., Wed., Fri. and Sat.; 10-8 Thu.
The Family Museum of Arts and Science
2900 Learning Campus Dr. at 18th St., Bettendorf
319-344-4106
10-5 Tue., Wed. and Sat.; 10-8 Thu.-Fri.; noon-5 Sun.
Lady Luck Casino
1821 State St. Landing, Bettendorf
800-724-5825 or 319-359-7280
Mississippi River Visitor Center
Western tip of Arsenal Island
309-794-5338
9-5 Sep.-May; 9-9 May-Sep.
The President Riverboat Casino
212 Brady St.
319-328-2628 or 800-336-4145
24 hours daily. Call for cruise schedule.
Putnam Museum
12th and Division, Davenport
319-324-1933 or 800-435-3701
9-5 Tue.-Fri., 10-5 Sat., noon-5 Sun., year-round. Closed Mondays.
River Cruises
Foot of Wisconsin St., Le Claire
815-777-1660 or 800-331-1467
Departures: 8:30 a.m. Sun., Tue. and Thu., Memorial Day through mid-Oct.
Rock Island Arsenal Museum
Bldg. 60, Rock Island Arsenal
309-782-5021
10-4 daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Day, and New Year's Day.
Vander Veer Park Conservatory
214-215 E. Central Park Ave., Davenport
319-326-7818
10-4 daily, year-round. Closed Mondays.
Walnut Grove Historic Village
18817 290th St., Long Grove
319-285-9903
8-7 Mon.-Fri., Apr.-Oct.; weather permitting, 9-4 weekends and holidays, Nov.-Mar.
Scotch Grove
Edinburgh "Ghost Town" and Museum
County Home Rd. between Jones Co. X-44 and Iowa 38
319-462-4101
1-4 Sun., May-Sep.; or by appointment.
St. Donatus
Way of the Cross
Calvary Hill behind the Catholic Church
800-342-1837
Open year-round.
Wyoming
Wyoming Historical Museum
121 W. Main St.
319-488-3198 or 319-488-3911
11-4 Tue.-Fri., 10-noon Sat., or by appointment Sun., year-round.
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