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A Tale of Two Hotels

One’s the beautifully renovated Historic Park Inn, a Frank Lloyd Wright gem from 1910. ...

Saved for a Worthy Cause

The Des Moines Central Library stood abandoned and decrepit. Now it’s a grand, freshly ...

Art Across Iowa

In the 300 miles between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, our state’s coveted soil ...

Beginners’ Luck

When Jon and Mary Quass couldn’t decide on a house to buy in Cedar ...

Asian Export

During their travels, Alan and Helene Magruder fell in love with Japanese-style gardens and ...

Candid Camera

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ar be it for Iowa City photographer Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret to boast about her ...

Man on a Mission

Raynard Kington starts his third year as president of Grinnell College at a time ...

(Eco) Comforts of Home

An ecovillage of 14 households rises from the fields outside Fairfield. Though largely self-sustaining, ...

Future Focused

Founding a web-based company requires a visionary premise, exhaustive research, a devoted team and ...

From the Ground Up

Singer/songwriter William Elliott Whitmore spent his childhood on a family farm in Lee County. ...