• Antiques
• Movie Theatre
• Shops
• Dining
• Amish Farms
• Performing Arts (plays & such)
• Slip Bluff Park (perfect in the Fall)
• Nine Eagles State Park (swimming | fishing | boating | playground | picnic areas)

SIGHTSEEING | SHOPPING | MORE

• Jamesport, MO (45 minutes) ∙ wonderful shops, lots of antiques & great eateries
• Shatto Farm (1 hour) in Osborn, MO ∙ a fully functional dairy farm & the best milk varieties around (tours available)
• Harvest Barn (40 minutes) in Osceola, IA ∙ shopping & dining
• Winterset, IA (45 minutes) ∙ John Wayne’s birthplace, lots of shops & dining & the Bridges of Madison County (yes, the movie bridges!)
• Indianola, IA (less than 1 hour) ∙ Wineries, fine dining, National Balloon museum, Arboretum & more
• Des Moines (1 hour) ∙ the big city with everything to offer

Throughout Iowa:

Sept. 7-8th

Center Grove Orchard— (apple orchard opening season) 

Sept. 20th – Nov. 2nd

Gospel Farms — corn maze, rides, attractions for the whole family (Bethany, MO)

Oct. 12-13th

Madison County Covered Bridges Festival   (Winterset, Iowa)