• Effigy Mounds National Monument
  The monument preserves a representative and outstanding example of a significant phase of the prehistoric American Indian moundbuilding culture and protects wildlife, scenic and other natural values of the area. Prehistoric peoples built mounds at various times and places throughout the Americas. Only in the upper Mississippi River valley, however, was there a culture that specialized in ceremonial mounds called effigies. Located in eastern Iowa.
  
  
• Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
  Visit the small cottage where Hoover was born in 1874, a blacksmith shop similar to the one owned by his father, the first West Branch schoolhouse, and the Friends Meetinghouse where the Hoover family worshipped. Also located on the grounds are the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum, the gravesites of President and Mrs. Hoover, and a 76-acre tallgrass prairie. Located at West Branch, Iowa.
  
  

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