ancient ruins
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Over 200 prehistoric mounds built by Indigenous peoples, including 31 in the shape of bears and birds, along the bluffs of the Mississippi River.
54 km · about 60 min drive
Iowa, United States · North America
Decorah sits on the route: 30 minutes from Waukon, 54km from Effigy Mounds National Monument.
Decorah is a town located in Iowa, United States. With a population of 7,907, it is an important destination in North America.
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Steyer Opera House is a historic building located in Decorah, Iowa, United States. The three-story, brick commercial block was designed by F.G. Brant of Dubuque. Its original owner and namesake was Joseph Steyer, who emigrated from Luxembourg in 1852 and settled in Decorah in 1865. The building was built in 1870Read more
and an additional three bays were added to the east side in 1875. The first floor houses retail space, the second floor historically housed apartments, and the auditorium is on the third floor. The walls and ceiling are covered with tin that is pressed in a variety of decorative patterns. Doorways flank the proscenium. They are framed by paneled pilasters and capped with a broad architrave. The balcony that rings the main floor on three sides of the auditorium was part of the 1875 renovation of the building. It is now part of the neighboring Hotel Winneshiek. The building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. In 2017 it was included as a contributing property in the Decorah Commercial Historic District.
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Decorah is located in Iowa, United States, North America. The coordinates are 43.3033 latitude, -91.7857 longitude.
Decorah has a population of approximately 7,907 people, making it a town in United States.
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ancient ruins
Over 200 prehistoric mounds built by Indigenous peoples, including 31 in the shape of bears and birds, along the bluffs of the Mississippi River.
54 km · about 60 min drive
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