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Backcountry Winery
Backcountry Winery & Brewery is located in Rural Hamilton County near Stratford. Their fully renovated barn is the perfect place to visit or hold your venue. Just east of Brushy Creek, this is one beautiful place to check out!
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Bells Mill Park Mill Turbine
A turbine wheel used in the actual mill along the Boone River is on display within an information kiosk building located in the park.
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Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad
Every year, thousands of people from across the state, the nation, and around the world make the trek to Boone, Iowa to ride the rails of the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad. Come enjoy a beautiful scenic train ride through the Des Moines River Valley.
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Briggs Woods Park Cabins
Briggs Woods Park offers seven cabins for rent throughout the year. Cabins range from one room rustic camping cabins that have no water on the inside to modern cabins that can sleep up to 15 people.
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Don Williams Cabins
The luxury cabins offer a beautiful view of the Don Williams lake. A great place to get away and unplug!
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Dutch Oven Bakery
Van Hemert’s Dutch Oven Bakery is a full-line scratch bakery offering a variety of delicious pastries and other baked goods. Family-owned and operated since 1983, we are famous for our Dutch Letters, Dutch Apple Bread and our award-winning wedding cakes. Consider this your personal invitation to experience the best in Dutch baking.
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Fort Dodge Grain Silo Mural
The 110-foot tall Fort Dodge Grain Silo Mural was created by international artist Guido Van Helten. This 360-degree concrete mural depicts local residents who are part of the industrial and cultural fabric of the community. Tying these portraits together are pieces of Fort Dodge pottery showcased at the Fort Museum and Frontier Village. This site holds the distinction of being the largest mural in Iowa.
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Fort Museum & Frontier Village
Come explore the main street of a replicated old pioneer village. Visit the blacksmith, livery, cabinet shop, and tinsmith to learn about transportation and industry. Find out what people did before supermarkets at the general and drug stores. Feel the bustle of daily life in the church, one-room schoolhouse, and family cabin. Then you can see artifacts from the native peoples, settlers, and soldiers of...
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Jane Young House
The historic home of Kendall and Jane Young was built in 1873. The Webster City Women’s Club has met in the home since 1923 and, along with the Jane Young House Foundation, has lovingly cared for and maintained the site.
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Mornin’ Glory Coffee
We pride ourselves on providing fresh made latte’s, cappuccino’s & and coffee. We work with an Iowa Coffee Roaster, to be sure to have the freshest coffee beans possible.
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Tea Thyme
Tea Tyme is an upscale yet friendly dining experience. Guests return for delicious lunches, desserts, gourmet teas, and coffees. Reservations for lunch are encouraged by calling 515 576-2202 or stop by in the afternoon for dessert and tea.
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The Lucky Pig Pub & Grill
Voted Iowa’s Best Tenderloin this hometown restaurant features made from scratch food including home made pies. Where it’s ok to eat like a pig!
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Tom Thumb Drive-in
Tom Thumb Drive-In prepares fresh home-cooked style meals with a friendly atmosphere with a quick turnaround. Bread, rolls, pie, and morning rolls are made fresh daily. Co-located with a Dairy Queen ice cream.
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Webster County Freedom Rock
The Webster County Freedom Rock sits at a trailhead at the junction of A Street and the Karl King Bridge in Fort Dodge. Artist Ray “Bubba” Sorenson II painted patriotic scenes on the 25,000 pound boulder. Webster County’s Freedom Rock is specific to this county, depicting scenes specific to this county’s veterans, their triumphs, and their struggles.
Wilson Brewer Historical Park
In 1932, the family of Wilson Brewer conveyed a nine-acre tract from the Brewer homestead to the City of Webster City in exchange for the promise to forever preserve the land, its buildings and any subsequent additions in the name of the Wilson Brewer Park. The City accepted the Brewer family proposal and has owned and maintained the Park these past 85 years.
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