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See the picturesque covered bridges in Winterset, Iowa on a guided tour through town. Before you go, check out the novel and movie that feature them.
The bridges of Madison County, Iowa, were made famous by a book and a Meryl Streep/Clint Eastwood film. Weakened by old age, the bridges need repairs.
Five covered bridges dot the Iowa landscape outside of Madison County. • Old Marysville, built in 1870, is in Knoxville. • Attica is home to two, both built in 1870, the Wilcox Game Preserve ...
WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) — The Madison County Covered Bridge Festival returns to Iowa this weekend. The festival will mark the 41st anniversary of celebrating six 130-year-old covered bridges. The ...
“The Bridges of Madison County” was filmed 25 years ago in Winterset, Iowa. The town still welcomes movie buffs who pilgrimage to sit where Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood) drank coffee at the ...
Madison County’s other covered bridges, typically named for their closest residents, are the Cutler-Donohoe Bridge, built in 1870, moved to the Winterset City Park in 1970 and renovated in 1997 ...
Built by Madison County in 1883 at a cost of $2,930, the Roseman Covered Bridge was last renovated in 1992 for $152,515, with the help of a federal restoration grant.
WINTERSET, Iowa -- One of the historic covered bridges in central Iowa, the setting for Robert Waller's best-selling novel The Bridges of Madison County, was destroyed by fire, officials said ...
WINTERSET — The Bridges of Madison County were off the regular RAGBRAI route Wednesday, but riders found them anyway. On the fourth day of the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa ...
The bridges of Madison County, Iowa, were made famous by a book and a Meryl Streep/Clint Eastwood film. Weakened by old age, the bridges need repairs.