In this installment of Curious Iowa, a Gazette series that answers readers’ questions about our state and its culture, we look at parts of Iowa’s history to understand why its landscape looks how it ...

Living History Farms welcomes visitors Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It's located in Urbandale, Iowa, about 10 miles northwest of downtown Des Moines. It's best reached by car.

Pope John Paul II drew an estimated crowd of 350,000 people during a visit to Iowa 45 years ago. Here's how to see the new ...

When Ann Hays’ husband Joe wrote a letter to Pope John Paul II inviting him to visit Iowa, no one dreamed it would be read, ...

These intricate designs are relatively new to American farms but already are indelible in our culture. There's even a Taylor ...

Forty-five ago this week a marked an historic visit by Pope John Paul II. More than 350,000 people were on hand at Living ...

When: Friday, Oct. 11 at 6 p.m. Basketball season is still over the horizon, but the good news is you can catch a preseason ...

Over the past 20 years, the number of animals living on factory farms, which the report defines as operations with at least 500 head of cattle, 1,000 hogs, 500,000 broiler chickens (annually) or ...

Iowa PBS is airing a new documentary called ... An estimated 350,000 people hailed Pope John Paul II at Living History Farms in Urbandale four decades ago, on Oct. 4, 1979.

More roadblocks will go up over the next few weeks as the crew moves around north central Iowa to shoot scenes for the movie. Those sites include Al Dora, where this victorian farmhouse will face ...

Iowa could use our fertile soils and (mostly) abundant rains, our deep agricultural experience and knowledge of farming techniques ... we could create an Iowa living her best life.