Iowa/South Dakota

[Jeff Michelson]

I am traveling cross country in August, and was looking for some ideas for west of Chicago. We want to head through Iowa and South Dakota before hitting Yellowstone. If anyone has some nice spots for us to hit, that would be great. either e-mail me or I'll check this post often. Thanx for any help.

[Tony Hughes]

I did a 3 month, 48 state trip last year with my g/f. In Iowa we had a lookat the madison county bridges, just south of des moines and also john wayne's birthplace in winterset in the same general area.

In south dakota we had a look at the corn palace in mitchell, the crazy horse memorial and mount rushmore near rapid city and sturgis where the motorcycle rally thing is held every year.

[Carol I. Picciolo]

Hi! I have traveled across Iowa many times. You might find the Living History Farm in Des Moines, Iowa interesting as well as the Iowa state capitol.

My husband and I liked Souix Fall, SD, especially the Pettigrew Mansion in the Victorian section of the city. The view of the Missouri River from Chamberlin, SD is wonderful. Be certain to stop at the overlook! Wow! The Badlands are well worth a stop. We liked Mount Rushmore and the Needles Highway in the Black Hills.