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Visit Dubuque’s National Mississippi River Museum

You’ll learn all you need to know about the Mississippi River at the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium. I allowed three hours, but I could have spent days exploring the Dubuque, Iowa, attraction. Every member of the family will find much to enjoy in the three-building, 10-acre campus, and I highly recommend this great […]

10 things to do at the Rock Island Arsenal and Museum

America's Byways, Great American Road Trips, Great River Road, Great Rivers Country, Illinois, Midwest, Quad Cities / roxie

The Rock Island Arsenal and Arsenal Island have witnessed more than 160 years of recorded American history. Most famously, Abraham Lincoln chased Black Hawk around Illinois in 1832. Since Lincoln was involved, I always thought Black Hawk was from central Illinois. And then I visited the Quad Cities. Black Hawk’s village, Saukenuk, stood on Illinois’

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Visit Dubuque’s National Mississippi River Museum

10 things to do at the Rock Island Arsenal and Museum

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