Mississippi River excursion boating returned to Muscatine, Iowa (41.42N, 91.04W) with the operation of the Pearl Button sidewheeler. In Jul...

Indian Creek in 42N country flash flooded after 7.07 inches of rain came down on August 27, 2009. Annually the creek floods (usually in l...

After 7.07 inches of rain fell in a 36-hour period, 42N country's Indian Creek flooded southeast side neighborhoods in Cedar Rapid...

High above the prairie, glass and porcelain insulators still shine from some telephone pole masts. In 42N country these artifacts, sometime...

Along most of 42N latitude and just a quarter turn of the globe west from London, England lies the grain producing regions of the American...

In the late 1600s European traders on the upper Mississippi River began bartering with the natives. One of the more valuable traded assets w...

Mid- to late summer in 42N country means billowing clouds in late afternoon. These tend to lead to thunderstorms and perhaps more severe w...

It is not necessarily the extensive railroad artifacts found at the Oelwein Railroad Museum (also known as Hub City Heritage Corpor...

Contrary to common opinion 42N country is rich in diverse topography. Nestled off the rolling prairie is Iowa's best known cave park - ...

Got a few hours and a camera? Get yourself over to Des Moine's Blank Park Zoo . There you will discover a growing collection of animals ...

On Friday, July 24 a powerful storm rolled through 42N country around the Clermont, Elgin and Wadena area (42.839N and 91.652W.) Up to inc...

A relic in 42N country is the Vinton Depot located in Vinton, Iowa (42.168N, 92.023W.) Dedicated on March 1, 1900 this portal to pas...

Crop dusting, also known as aerial spraying, is used for insect and weed control and is big business in 42N country. To tackle the job you...

Sometime between 1924 and 1928 renowned 42N artist, Grant Wood painted an oil portrait of nearby Indian Creek. Two blocks from the 42N ...