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Iowa 80 Truckstop
The world's largest truck stop on I-80 in Walcott, Iowa, featuring a trucking museum, barber shop, chiropractor, and food court that makes it a destination in itself.
17 km · about 20 min drive
Illinois, United States · North America
Rock Island is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Moline, 17km from Iowa 80 Truckstop.
Rock Island is a town located in Illinois, United States. With a population of 38,620, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Rock Island sits in United States, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Chicago time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Rock Island to your route.
The Best Building is a historic building located in downtown Rock Island, Illinois, United States. It was built by Louis Best, an industrialist and real estate magnate from Davenport, Iowa in 1908. It was designed by the prominent Davenport architectural firm of Clausen & Clausen in the Renaissance Revival style. TheRead more
six-story structure is one of the first buildings in the city to be constructed with reinforced concrete. It also had an early form of air-conditioning that utilized a 10-ton ice machine in the basement. The building initially housed the Young & McCombs Department Store, of which Best served as a financier. It is thought that this was the first store outside of Chicago that had a pneumatic tube system for cash transactions. After Young & McCombs the building housed the Brady-Waxenberg Department Store followed by Montgomery Ward. It has subsequently been used as an office building.
In 1992 New York artist Richard Haas painted the north elevation of the building with a 60-foot (18 m) tall trompe-l'œil memorial sculpture of local Sauk warrior Black Hawk. The building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. It was included as a contributing property in the Downtown Rock Island Historic District in 2020.
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Rock Island is located in Illinois, United States, North America. The coordinates are 41.5095 latitude, -90.5787 longitude.
Rock Island has a population of approximately 38,620 people, making it a town in United States.
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The world's largest truck stop on I-80 in Walcott, Iowa, featuring a trucking museum, barber shop, chiropractor, and food court that makes it a destination in itself.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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