There is also plenty for you to eat, see and do along the 406-mile route. Scroll down to check out our interactive map of ...

Discover Iowa’s most charming historic towns along the Mississippi River, from Dubuque to Keokuk, with museums, river views, and timeless charm.

Climate change means communities along the Mississippi River are experiencing longer and higher floods in springtime, flash flooding from heavy rains, as well as prolonged droughts. Now cities ...

Construction began in late 2023 on a new bridge to replace the current one, which was built in 1931. At times, that ...

LANSING, Iowa – Lansing Hardware Hank sits less than half a mile from the Black Hawk Bridge, which stretches across the Mississippi River connecting southwest Wisconsin with northeast Iowa.

BETTENDORF, Iowa — Last week, some mayors in the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative (MRCTI) started signing support for a Mississippi River Basin Compact. The advocates believe a ...

The beauty of Iowa’s Mississippi River counties is revelatory, from the imposing brick buildings of riverfront towns such as Dubuque (Dubuque) and Fort Madison (Lee) and the breathtaking scenic ...

Iowa counties along the Mississippi River are planning to form a formal port authority to regain federal recognition as an important water route for freight traffic.

Overnight towns for Days 1-6 will be Milford, Estherville, Forest City, Iowa Falls, Cedar Falls and Oelwein. The ending town will be Guttenburg on the Mississippi River.

As the Viking Mississippi sailed north along the Upper Mississippi River last month, Travel Agent delved into “the Iowa experience” at the ports of Burlington, Quad Cities (Davenport) and Dubuque.

These ceremonial and burial mounds are one of the densest collections still existing in North America, but the river has significantly eroded the bank they're built on, eating away at some of the ...