As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected ...

Transferred late in World War II, Japanese prisoners of war encountered suspicion in southwest Iowa before labor demands forced change.

“Look for a building with the color of a weather-beaten boxcar and you have the first passenger station of the Milwaukee in ...

This Illinois town shaped by railroads and highways features a railroad park, local history museums, antique stores, and an ...

It's hard to tell the history of the Northwoods without including the railroads. When the locomotive came to Wisconsin, so ...

RAGBRAI is the world's oldest, longest annual bicycle tour. Here's what to know about the 53rd annual edition July 19-25.

The route for the 2026 edition of the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa will take riders from Onawa in the ...

Guthrie Center, on the far western edge of the Des Moines metro, served as an overnight town twice in RAGBRAI’s first 11 ...

Council Bluffs, Iowa, became the eastern end of the First Transcontinental Railroad when the last spike was driven into the ...

About 45 minutes east of Omaha, Walnut has earned its self-proclaimed title as “Iowa’s Antique City” through a remarkable ...