In Iowa terms, 144 years is a long time ago. But that's when a Canton, Ohio bridge company made iron truss spans, rods and rivets for...

A few days ago this colorful heron filled itself with small fish caught from the Cedar River.  The bird looks to be a Great Blue Heron bas...

At some point during the COVID-19 pandemic, the loosening of shelter at home restrictions coincided with warm weather and sunshine in nor...

Corn is king in the Midwest. DEKALB seed corn is one of several leading brands grown throughout 42N country. In this particular field nea...

During the last ice age, some 12,000 years ago, glaciers deposited granite rock on what would become Iowa fields. Typically the granite i...

Our closest planetary neighbor, Venus, passed near the Pleiades, an open star cluster in early April 2020. This alignment was a stunning ...

Just north of Lisbon, Iowa is a farm with these grain bins on the property. Bins shelter harvested corn or soybeans for livestock feed or...

The world's largest umpire can be seen in Ryan, Iowa. Since 1981 the former Happy Chef icon from a restaurant in Cedar Rapids, has be...

The Spirit of the American Doughboy statue in Mechanicsville, Iowa is a favorite photo target of mine. Although I have posted other pho...

Modern grain bins dot the Midwest landscape. Looking like huge Apollo command and service modules (or Orion capsules in modern space expl...

Located in a small Catholic cemetery in Haverhill, Iowa is this life size crucifixion display rising out of the farmland. The rural area ...

Memorial Day 2020 at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown, Iowa. 90 seconds of flags flying over the veterans' headstones with ambi...

Accessing a clear view of a runway at the Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is limited. But there is just enough room to p...

Several years ago, I photographed this 1946 Beech D18S with twin 450 hp engines at Blakesburg, Iowa's annual fly-in known as the Hist...