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Free Iowa Travel Information Featured on USATravelPal.com

USATravelPal.com, a comprehensive travel website in progress, provides comprehensive travel information on over 1500 exciting destinations throughout the United States, including 23 in Iowa. Located in the heart of the Midwest, Iowa offers lots of beautiful, pristine scenery, such as river valleys, lakes, countryside, and wildlife reserves. Places to go in Iowa include the Amana Colonies, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Dubuque, Iowa, Sioux City, and the Quad Cities.

Des Moines, the capitol and largest city in Iowa, is a bustling business center and a popular tourist destination. Fun places to go here include the Iowa State Fair and Grounds, the Des Moines Art Center, the Blank Park Zoo, the Lilac Arboretum and Children’s Forest, the Arie den Boer Arboretum, Terrace Hill, and Adventure Land. The Iowa State Capitol and Iowa Historical Building are also quite impressive.

Sioux City, located in northwestern Iowa, is another fun place to visit. Here you'll find the beautiful Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, which features several miles of spectacular hiking trails through its woodland and prairie wilderness. Another worthwhile place to go is the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, where visitors can learn about the Western explorers Lewis and Clark, who first toured this area on their way out west.

Those interested in Czech culture should visit Cedar Rapids, the second largest city in Iowa and home of the historic Czech Village and the informative National Czech & Slovak Museum and Library. Other things to see here include the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, the African-American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa, the Iowa Masonic Library, the historical 26-acre Brucemore Estate, and the beautiful 1920s Paramount Theater.

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