Iowa Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Eastern Iowa=== [[File:Old capital iowa city.jpg|left|thumb|Old Capitol, [[Iowa City]]]] [[File:Davenport Skybridge at night.jpg|right|thumb|Inside the [[Davenport Skybridge]]]] [[Iowa City]] is home to the [[University of Iowa]], which includes the [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]], and the [[Iowa Old Capitol Building|Old Capitol building]]. Because of the extraordinary history in the teaching and sponsoring of creative writing that emanated from the [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]] and related programs, Iowa City was the first American city designated by the [[United Nations]] as a "[[City of Literature]]" in the [[UNESCO]] Creative Cities Network.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Macdonald|first=Moira|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/unesco-declares-seattle-a-city-of-literature/|title=UNESCO declares Seattle a City of Literature|date=October 31, 2017|work=The Seattle Times|access-date=April 27, 2020|archive-date=May 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518203818/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/unesco-declares-seattle-a-city-of-literature/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Herbert Hoover National Historic Site]] and [[Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum]] are in [[West Branch, Iowa|West Branch]]. The [[Amana Colonies, Iowa|Amana Colonies]] are a group of settlements of [[Germans|German]] [[Pietists]] comprising seven villages listed as [[National Historic Landmark]]s. The [[Cedar Rapids Museum of Art]] has collections of paintings by [[Grant Wood]] and [[Marvin Cone]]. [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa|Cedar Rapids]] is also home to the [[National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library]] and Iowa's only [[National Trust for Historic Preservation]] Site, [[Brucemore]] mansion. [[File:Brucemore entrance.jpg|thumb|[[Brucemore]], [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]]]] [[Davenport, Iowa|Davenport]] boasts the [[Figge Art Museum]], [[River Music Experience]], [[Putnam Museum]], [[Davenport Skybridge]], [[Quad City Symphony Orchestra]], [[Ballet Quad Cities]], and plays host to the annual [[Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival]], and the [[Quad City Air Show]], which is the largest airshow in the state. Other communities with vibrant historic downtown areas include [[West Liberty, Iowa|West Liberty]], [[Fairfield, Iowa|Fairfield]], [[Burlington, Iowa|Burlington]], [[Mount Pleasant, Iowa|Mount Pleasant]], [[Fort Madison, Iowa|Fort Madison]], [[LeClaire, Iowa|LeClaire]], [[Mount Vernon, Iowa|Mount Vernon]], [[Ottumwa, Iowa|Ottumwa]], [[Washington, Iowa|Washington]], and [[Wilton, Iowa|Wilton]]. Along Interstate 80 near [[Walcott, Iowa|Walcott]] lies the world's largest truck stop, [[Iowa 80]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page