Explore Iowa History

Discover the people, places, events, and ideas of Iowa history. Explore hundreds of articles, images, videos and websites. Create your own story of Iowa as you go to unexpected places and search the past and present. Travel down side trails and uncover artifacts as you explore your Iowa pathway.

Iowa Pathways is an online learning environment that challenges students to create their own story of the state as they explore the people, places, events and ideas of Iowa. This award-winning Web site helps students choose topics that interest them, build research questions and examine relationships among Iowa concepts—past to present.

What is your Iowa story? Find your Iowa pathway

Pathways

Discover hundreds of connected articles exploring themes in Iowa history. Get started.

Media Artifacts

View hundreds of photos, videos and more. You may be surprised at what you uncover.

Timeline

Explore Iowa history milestones and their connection to U.S. and world events. Compare and contrast events across different themes in history. View Iowa's past in a whole new way.

Quest

Use this guide to help create your own story of Iowa history. Are you ready for a challenge?

Teacher Resources

Iowa Pathways teacher resources support a wide variety of educational needs. Find it all in Teacher Resources.