Travel and tourism services in Polk County, Iowa
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Travel Agency
- Allied Travel
Artwork
- 2Rhinos
- A Monumental Journey
- A Veteran’s Prayer for Eternal Peace
Skywalk - Across Currents
- air gets into everything even nothing
Grand Avenue - American Dreamer
South 35th Street - Ampersand Sculpture
- Ancient Forest
Grand Avenue - Animal Pyramid
Grand Avenue - Back of a Snowman (Black)
Grand Avenue - Back of a Snowman (White)
Grand Avenue - Better Together
Skywalk - Bulldog
Drake Plaza - Circle of Fun
- Circle of Life
- Column of Change
Watson Powell Junior Way - Columnar
- Construction
Park Street - Cosmic Seed
East 9th Street - Cow and Calf Sculpture
East University Avenue - Crusoe Umbrella
Locust Street - Decoy
Locust Street - Dephinus
Park Street - Double Niche
- Dr. Norman Borlaug
Walnut Street - Dragon Head Sculpture
Northwest 100th Street - Dragon Head Sculpture
Northwest 100th Street - Expansion
Principal Riverwalk - Family at Corner
Watson Powell Junior Way - Five Plate Pentagon
Locust Street - Folded Circle Zig
Watson Powell Junior Way - Granite Tree
5th Avenue - Green Meadows Lion
Fullerton Court - Green Meadows Lion
Northwest Newgate Drive - Green Meadows Lion
Northwest Newgate Drive - Green Meadows Lion
Lyndhurst Drive - Green Meadows Lion
Northwest Newgate Drive - Green Meadows Lion
Northwest Newgate Drive - Green Meadows Lion
Northwest Newgate Drive - Green Meadows Lion
Northwest Newgate Drive - Grow
Mills Civic Parkway, 4000 - Gymnast III
Grand Avenue - Hawkeye Estates Herky Statue
Northwest 86th Street - Heartbeat of the Heartland
- Heartbeat Of The heartland
- Heartbeat of the Heartland
- Hydraulic Jump 2
- In the Morning
Grand Avenue - Iowa
Pennsylvania Avenue - Iron Tree Trunk
Locust Street - John Ruan Sr.
Locust Street - Joy
Southwest Ordnance Road - Joy of Music
Wifvat Plaza - Juno
Grand Avenue - Landscape Piece #1
5th Avenue - Leap
- Lift Off
Cowles Drive - Lincoln and Tad
- LOVE
Grand Avenue - Man and Pegasus
- Marriage
Locust Street - Martin
- Miffy Fountain
Locust Street - Mines of Spain
- Modular Piece
15th Street - MOONRISE. east. august
Grand Avenue - MOONRISE. east. january
Grand Avenue - Nomade
Locust Street - Order
Grand Avenue - Panoramic awareness pavilion
Locust Street - Path of Peace
7th Street, 1044 - Plantoir
Locust Street - Post Balzac
Grand Avenue - Primavera III
5th Avenue - Quantum Leaf
- RAGBRAI: River to River
- Reclining Figure
Grand Avenue - Red
- River Constellation
- Roger the Rad Moose
- Sand Sculpture
Thrill Ville - Seat/Leg Table
Grand Avenue, 4700 - Seating for Eight
Grand Avenue - Shadow
- Spectral Liberation
Robert D. Ray Drive - Sphere Within a Sphere
Watson Powell Junior Way - Spider
Grand Avenue - Strata
- Straw Sculpture
Jacobson Plaza - Succulent Bloom
- Summer Fun
Aurora Avenue - Swirl
Walnut Street - T8
Locust Street - Talking Times
- The Big Questions
Southwest 3rd Street - The Gateway Colossus
SW 15th St Trail - The Theater
Watson Powell Junior Way - Thinker on a Rock
Grand Avenue - Three Way Piece No.1: Points
Grand Avenue - Untitled
Principal Riverwalk - Untitled
Grand Avenue - Untitled
Grand Avenue - Untitled
- Untitled (Three Dancing Figures, version C)
Locust Street - White Ghost
Grand Avenue - Willy
Grand Avenue - Wings
- Wooden carved bear
- WOW
- XII
Park Street
Touristic Attraction
- 1700 Bark Lodge
- 1700 Chibóthraje
- 1700 Drying Rack
- 1700 Garden
- 1700 Garden Lodge
- 1700 Ioway Indian Farm
- 1700 Tanning Rack
- 1850 Farm
- 1850 Log Cabin
- 1900 Horse-Powered Farm
- Andringa Family Foundation Little Hands on the Farm
East 33rd Street - Bald Eagles
- Bermuda Quadrangle
- Bernie's Swing
- Black Swans
- Blue and Green Slide
- Blue and Green Slide
- Butter Cow
Grand Avenue Concourse - Cabinet Maker
- Carousel - Blank Park Zoo
- Chuck Wagon
- Church of the Land
- Convoy
- Critter Corner
- Dodge 'em Cars
- Double-wattled Cassowary
- Dr. Armstrong’s Office
- Flamingoes
- Flying Tigers
- Flynn Barn
- Flynn Home
- Frog Hopper
- Funhouse Mirrors
- G-Force
- Galleon
- Games
- Gang Plank
34th Avenue Southwest - Giant Sky Wheel
- Giant Slide - fee
- Gibbons
- Green Slide
- Green Slide
- Greteman Brothers General Store
- Hampton Cars
- Heck Vet Clinic
- Heritage Carousel of Des Moines
Carousel Drive - Hi-Striker
- Himalaya
- Hub Harbor Pinniped Pavilion
- Iowa Events Center
- Japanese Macaques
- Junior Jockeys
34th Avenue Southwest - Koi
- Kokomo Kove
- Lady Bug
- Leap Frogs
- Lemurs
- Lighthouse
- Lions
- Main Street Carousel
- Matthias’s Blacksmith Shop
- Model Railroad
Walnut Street - Mrs. Elliott’s Millinery
- Ostriches
- Otters
- Parachutes
- Penguins
- Pirates' Plummet
34th Avenue Southwest - Pole Position Raceway
Southeast Gateway Drive, 1350 50111 Grimes
Phone: +1-515-986-2442
Opening hours: Mo-Th 11:00-21:00; Fr,Sa 10:00-23:00; Su 10:00-20:00 - Prairie Dogs
- Purple Slide
- Purple Slide
- Red Baron
- Red Pandas
- Reef Racer Mat Slides
34th Avenue Southwest - Revolution
- Rhinos
- Runabouts
- Sawmill Splash
- Sawmill Splash
- Sawmill Splash
- Sawmill Splash
- Schafer Drug Store
- Shakin' Bacon
34th Avenue Southwest - Sidewinder
- Snakes Alive
- Snow Leopards
- Space Shot
- Speedway Racers
- Storm Chaser
- Tangen Home
- Tangen Implement Warehouse
- The Advocate Newspaper
- The Clipper
- The Monster
- The Monster (Station)
- The Outlaw
- The Outlaw (Station)
- The Phoenix
- The Scrambler
- The Tornado
- The Tornado (Station)
- The Underground
- Tigers
- Tilt-a-Whirl
- Tortoises
- Town of Walnut Hill
- Trumpeter Swans
- Typhoon
- Typhoon
- Typhoon
- Wallabies
- Walnut Hill Bank
- Watusi
- Ye Old Mill
East 33rd Street - Yellow and Orange Slide
- Yellow and Orange Slide
gallery
- Art Studios - Des Moines Art Center
- Eliel Saarinen Building - Des Moines Art Center
- I.M. Pei Building - Des Moines Art Center
- Olson-Larson Galleries
5th Street, 120 50265 West Des Moines
Phone: +1-515-277-6734
Opening hours: Tu-Fr 11:00-17:00; Sa 11:00-16:00 - Richard Meier Building - Des Moines Art Center
Touristic Information
- Adam Ridge Marker
Northwest 62nd Avenue
Neighborhood Marker - Adam Ridge Marker
Northwest 61st Avenue
Neighborhood Marker - Adventure Ridge Park
Windsor Parkway
A sign marking and describing the rules and operating times of the park. - Adventure Ridge Park
A sign marking and describing the rules and operating times of the park. - Central Iowa Trails Infohub
Dr. Bob Breedlove Paradise Plaza - Central Iowa Trails Infohub
Douglas Avenue - Century Trace Townhomes Marker
Century Way East
Neighborhood Marker - Century Trace Townhomes Marker
Century Way West
Neighborhood Marker - Century Trace Townhomes Marker
Windsor Parkway
Neighborhood Marker - Century Woods Marker
Northwest 62nd Avenue
Neighborhood Marker - Conservation Area
Northwest 93rd Streer
A sign describing the conservation easement. - Conservation Area
Enfield Drive
A sign describing the conservation easement. - Glenstone Ridge Marker
Windsor Parkway
Neighborhood Marker - Glenstone Trail Marker
Southeast Glenstone Drive
Neighborhood Marker - Guest Services
- Historic Valley Junction Foundation
5th Street, 137 50265 West Des Moines
Phone: 515-222-3642 - Living History Farms Visitor Center
Hickman Road, 11121 50322 - Newport Ridge Marker
Ashton Drive
Neighborhood Marker - Newport Ridge Marker
Newport Vista Drive
Neighborhood Marker - Newport Ridge Marker
Catalina Drive
Neighborhood Marker - Newport Ridge Marker
Northwest 62nd Avenue
Neighborhood Marker - Newport Ridge Marker
Northwest 62nd Avenue
Neighborhood Marker - NorthPoint Church Marker
Northwest 62nd Avenue
Church Marker - Pointe Vista Park
Northwest Newgate Drive - Pointe Vista Park
Enfield Drive - Providence Pointe Marker
Catalina Drive
Neighborhood Marker - Providence Pointe West Marker
Northwest 106th Street
Neighborhood Marker - Southeast Polk High School Welcome Sign
- The Bridge Church Marker
Northwest 62nd Avenue
Church Marker - Trail Map
Euclid Avenue - Villas at Glenstone Marker
Agate Lane
Neighborhood Marker - Villas at Glenstone Marker
North Glenstone Court
Neighborhood Marker - Welcome to ALLEMAN sign
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Museum
- Ankeny Art Center
Southwest Ordnance Road, 1520 50023 Ankeny - Ankeny Historical Museum
Southwest 3rd Street - Bennett School - West Des Moines Historical Society
Fuller Road, 2001 50265 West Des Moines
Phone: +1-515-225-1286 - Big Creek Historical Museum
South 3rd Street, 116 50226 Polk City - County School
Grand Avenue Concourse - Des Moines Art Center
Grand Avenue, 4700 50312-2099 Des Moines
Phone: +1-515-277-4405
Opening hours: Mo off; Tu-We 11:00-16:00; Th 11:00-19:00; Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa-Su 10:00-16:00 - Gold Star Museum
- Halls of Law and Flame
- Iowa Gold Star Museum
- Iowa Hall of Pride
Park Street, 330 50309 Des Moines - Iowa Military Aviation Heritage Museum/Exec 1 South Hanger
- Johnston Historical Museum
- Ralph H. Deets Historical Museum
Pioneer Avenue - Richard L. Easter Museum Complex
Pioneer Avenue - Richard O. Jacobson Hall & Kenyon Gallery
Pioneer Avenue - Salisbury House
Tonawanda Drive, 4025 50312 Des Moines - Science Center of Iowa
West Martin Luther King Junior Parkway, 401 50309 Des Moines
Phone: +15152746868 - State of Iowa Historical Building
East Locust Street, 600 50319 Des Moines - World Food Prize Hall of Laureates
Locust Street, 100 50309 Des Moines
Phone: +1 515 245 3783
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picnic site
- Clubhouse Picnic Area
- Festival Picnic Area
- Gazebo Picnic Area
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theme park
- Adventureland
34th Ave, 305 50009 Altoona
Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-20:00 - Bernie's Barnyard
Opening hours: Mo-Su 11:00-19:00 - Living History Farms
Touristic Viewpoint
- Barb Wire Point
Mark C. Ackelson Trail - EMC Overlook
Thomas Beck Road - Lookout Point
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zoo
- Blank Park Zoo
- Cattle Tie-Outs