Blacksmiths made and repaired tools. The Quasdorf Blacksmith and Wagon Museum gives an authentic feel of what a blacksmith's shop was like.

There was a time when no Iowa town was more than five miles from a train depot. For some towns, like Eldon, the railroad was a way of life. 

The Nelson Pioneer Farm in Oskaloosa is the home of a rare cemetery just for mules. 

Pammel State Park is the home of the only highway tunnel in Iowa.

Waldo's Rock Park in Marion, Iowa is home to a large rock that doesn't match any others around it. Instead, it matches rocks found in Minnesota. This rock is an example of a glacial erratic, moved and left behind by a glacier.

On the same day that the Old Capitol building became part of the University of Iowa, a meteorite fell to Earth, connecting these two events in history.

The Wagaman Mill in Lynnville was built in a very strategic place to take advantage of the power of a nearby river. 

Ida Grove is known as Castletown, USA. One influential person played a big role in building the many buildings that look like castles.

The Steamboat Bertrand sank while traveling on the Missouri River in the 1860s. It was carrying people to mining towns in Montana, seeking to make a better life for themselves.

When pioneers first began coming to Iowa, they established one-room schoolhouses all over the state.