Cedar Rapids, IA Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Seventy miles southwest of Dubuque and home of Quaker Oats, CEDAR RAPIDS is Iowa's industrial leader. In the late 1840s, a meat-packing boom lured thousands of Czechs here. The Czech Village , 16th Avenue SW and First Street, features the excellent Sykora's bakery, gift shops, traditional houses and a new museum of national costumes and immigrant artifacts (Tues–Sun 9.30am–4.00pm; $5; tel 319/362-8500). The very modern Museum of Art , 410 Third Ave SE, boasts a comprehensive collection of paintings by Grant Wood, best known for his depictions of 1930s farmlife (Tues, Wed, Fri & Sat … more »