Dubuque, IA Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

The handsome town of DUBUQUE , overlooked by rocky bluffs on the Mississippi around 150 miles west of Chicago, was founded as the first white settlement in Iowa by French-Canadian leadminers in 1788. In the nineteenth century it became a boisterous riverport and logging center. Buildings from this era still stand, but the companies that use them are now in meat packing and other food industries. A complex of buildings at Third Street in the old Ice Harbor area, cut off from downtown by Hwy-61, includes an assortment of river-related museums (daily 10am–5.30pm; $6). Precisely which exhibits are housed in the … more »