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Favorite Ride: Des Moines River Loop

There are some great roads in central Iowa around the town of Boone, which is about 45 miles north of Des Moines. This ride...

Connecting Small Towns in Northeast Iowa

Iowa is not known as a motorcycling destination, but rather a through state. Motorcyclists travel mostly on the four-lane roads thinking that’s all there...

Iowa’s Unique Scenic Byway

What landform is found only in a small part of Iowa and in China? If you answered, “Huh?” you need to ride the Loess...

Motorcycle Travel in Iowa: Taking The Old Lincoln Highway Across The Hawkeye State

Story and Photos By Clement Salvadori I was a little concerned about riding through Iowa in June of 2011. Nothing to do with bandits, earthquakes...

Great Motorcycle Roads: Iowa Byways

story and photography by Susan Benton A perfect day trip or weekend destination for riders from Chicago, Minneapolis, Madison and Des Moines is Dubuque, Iowa....

Iowa Motorcycle Rides: Discovering America’s Heartland

story and photography by Susan Benton Although Iowa probably isn’t on your short list of places to ride, it has a prairie beauty all its...

Day-Tripping on the Lincoln Highway in Iowa

Early in the last century, one highway paved the way—literally and figuratively—for the roads we enjoy today. More patchwork quilt than a continuous ribbon,...

Following the Great River Road in Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois

Thousands of years ago the glaciers swept across the upper Midwest like a giant bulldozer, flattening everything in their path. Fortunately they missed a small...

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