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IconicField of Dreams Movie Site
FreeWalk the baseball diamond cut into an Iowa cornfield for the 1989 film and tour the original farmhouse.
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Effigy Mounds National Monument
Effigy Mounds National Monument is an outdoor activity in Harpers Ferry, IA. Cost: free.
151 Hwy 76 · Harpers Ferry, IA
Why you should go…
Effigy Mounds National Monument preserves 206 prehistoric mounds, 31 of them effigies shaped like animals such as bears and birds. Start at the visitor center and museum, then follow trails like the Fire Point Loop past the mounds; the monument has 14 miles of hiking paths in all. The Great Bear Mound, the largest effigy, stretches 42 meters from head to tail. No entrance pass is required, and ranger-guided programs are offered.
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