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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
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  • 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
    Northeast 142nd Avenue, 603
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    Neal Smith Trail
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    Southwest Oralabor Road
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    Northeast 126th Avenue
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    Hickory Ridge Trail
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    DMACC Boulevard
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    Southwest Oralabor Road
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    DMACC Boulevard
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    Northwest Horseshoe Road
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    East 14th Street
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    Urbandale StoryWalk
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    Douglas Avenue
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    2nd Avenue Sidepath
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    Center Street
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    3rd Street
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    3rd Street
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    Court Avenue
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    Carl Voss Trail
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    Carl Voss Trail
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    Yellow Banks
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    Aspen Drive
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    Cowles Drive
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    McKinley Avenue
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    Veterans Parkway
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    Hartford Avenue
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    Principal Riverwalk
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    6th Avenue
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    DMACC Boulevard
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    Southwest Oralabor Road
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    College Drive
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    College Drive
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    College Drive
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    Southwest 2nd Street

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
    Email: wfpf@worldfoodprize.org
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picnic site

  • Clubhouse Picnic Area
  • Festival Picnic Area
  • Gazebo Picnic Area
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    Northwest 2nd Street
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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
    Mark C. Ackelson Trail
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zoo

  • Blank Park Zoo
  • Cattle Tie-Outs