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Iowa’s Skuzzy River Towns

Last week, The Atlantic published an opinion piece about life in Iowa written by New Jersey-born Stephen G. Bloom, I had a hard time getting through the whole article, because I don’t generally read fiction, especially when it is cloaked as respectable reporting.

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Dubuque

Introduction As you drive into town, your eyes will almost certainly be drawn to the majestic building in downtown Dubuque. That’s the county courthouse. You’ll learn about that later. Dubuque has a nice collection of historic architecture, including some truly amazing churches, and a once moribund downtown that is now alive late into the night. [...]

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Dubuque’s Treasured Churches

Dubuque’s capitalists struck it rich and poured money into extravagant buildings to prove their worth. Fortunately for us, many of those buildings are still around, including four churches that would be treasures in a city much larger than modest Dubuque.

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