Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When one theater closes, a new performing arts venue opens. When the Old Creamery Theatre in Amana closed its doors in early ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Amana Colonies Oktoberfest returns Sept. 29 through Oct.1. The fall festival season is in full swing. The Amana Colonies are ...

They say we should take the time to smell the flowers, and that can be taken literally in eastern Iowa this weekend with the Colonies in Bloom event in the Amana Colonies. Jon Childers, spokesman for ...

If you've heard of Iowa's Amana Colonies, you've probably always wanted to go. However, you've probably noticed it's a bit out in the boonies. Its location, more than 20 miles from either Cedar Rapids ...

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Willkommen to the Amana Colonies, the picturesque villages established by German settlers in the 19th century in Eastern Iowa. Once seven villages that practiced a communal lifestyle, the Amana ...

The Amana Colonies, seven villages in Iowa, were founded by German settlers in 1855 seeking religious freedom and economic opportunity. Today, the Amana Colonies are a popular tourist destination, ...

Readers know the Amana Colonies as an eastern Iowa collection of communities that developed from 18th-century German settlements in the midwest. While some may have been expecting empty streets and ...

Ice-sculpting, ham throwing and snow globe making are just some of the activities taking place today in east-central Iowa’s Amana Colonies. The 7th annual Winterfest opens at 8:30 a.m. with a ...

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Iowa’s Amana Colonies are not Amish! Come meet the past while enjoying right now. Iowa’s Amana Colonies lived communally until 1932. Today their innovative past and welcoming hospitality draw visitors ...