Take a Trip: Highway 18
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In the first episode of season 3 of Road Trip Iowa, we took a drive through northern Iowa along Highway 18. From Algona to Mason City, this stretch of road offers unique history, unexpected wonders and striking views at every turn.
Want to take this journey with us on your next road trip? Use Travel Iowa's itinerary tool to send yourself a fantastic route along this byway to experience most of our episode in person (please note that the itinerary tool doesn't always have every stop featured in our show so you may need to add a couple of stops along the way if you want the full experience).
Explore the outdoors at Ambrose A. Call State Park in Algona.
The National Hobo Museum in Britt celebrates the history of the hobo lifestyle.
The Surf Music Experience Center amplifies the Surf Ballrooms' history.
Take a cruise through Clear Lake history on a vintage paddlewheel boat.
Explore a mosaic structure of pure imagination and craftsmanship in West Bend.
Unearth ancient marine life at the Fossil and Prairie Park Preserve outside Rockford.
For more than a century, one family has made Mason City a destination for steak lovers.
Walk through a museum that tells the tale of a WWII German POW camp.