It's one of the six surviving covered bridges from the county's original 19. Even with those losses, Madison County, dubbed the Covered Bridge Capital of Iowa, remains home to the largest group of ...

The festival, which began in 1970, was started by residents who loved their town and the culture of Madison County's covered bridges. The original festival had crafts and handmade goods that ...

I first heard of covered bridges when Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep starred in the movie, The Bridges of Madison County. While Madison County’s bridges are in Iowa, these charming structures ...

I grew up all over eastern Iowa. My parents moved from place to place – Tipton, Lowden, Iowa City – before finally settling ...

Some people claim the devil himself visited the tiny town of Villisca, Iowa, that summer night in 1912, when 8 people were ...

Based on the best-selling novel by Robert James Waller, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY tells the story of Iowa housewife Francesca Johnson and her life-changing, four-day whirlwind romance with ...

The first steps are underway in the yearslong process to replace Iowa City’s Burlington Street Bridges, which are crossed by ...

The Roseman Covered Bridge in Winterset, Iowa, is Hollywood famous and reportedly haunted. Popularized by the novel and film "The Bridges of Madison County," the Roseman Covered Bridge in ...

The bridges of Erie County:Here's where more than a dozen covered bridges once stood Graffiti painted on the bridge through the years, mostly since it was closed due to structural concerns in 2011, ...

YOU CAN TELL THEY’RE WELL MAINTAINED, BUT IF MOUNTAIN BIKING IS TOO DARING AN ACTIVITY FOR YOU, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS, INCLUDING THE PAVED STOWE RECREATION PATH, WHICH WINDS OVER BRIDGES AND ...