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IconicMadison County
FreeIowa county famous for its historic covered bridges, made famous by The Bridges of Madison County.
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John Wayne Birthplace & Museum
John Wayne Birthplace & Museum is a museum in Winterset, IA. Cost: under $25.
205 S. John Wayne Drive · Winterset, IA
Why you should go…
The John Wayne Birthplace & Museum preserves the four-room home in Winterset, Iowa where Marion Robert Morrison, later known as John Wayne, was born in 1907. The adjacent museum displays artifacts and memorabilia from his film career and includes a theater with seating salvaged from Grauman's Chinese Theatre. It opened in 2015 and is billed as the only museum in the world dedicated to the actor.
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