The Born Free plant is located in Humboldt, Iowa, approximately 60 miles northwest of Ames. A sales representative takes visitors through the production facility to show them how the coaches are made. Visitors observe the team production concept, look at various floor plans, and may even take a test drive.

Hansen’s Dairy is a family-owned on-farm creamery in Hudson, Iowa. The Hansen family has been farming the same land for more than 150 years. We've been processing our own dairy products on the farm since 2004. Dairy products include milk, cheese curds, butter, heavy cream and ice cream. Hands-on, guided farm tours show visitors the process of getting milk from the cow to the table. Admission includes a trolley ride to the farm, then a walking tour to see our animals and facilities. All participants can feed a calf, milk a cow by hand, pet the kangaroos (our farm mascot) and goats, make homemade butter, sample Hansen's products and eat ice cream. Hansen's Dairy is a designated Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Site.

Hansen's Dairy also operates two retail stores. Hansen's Dairy Waterloo is a small grocery store selling our products, hard-dip ice cream treats and high-quality local food. Hansen's Dairy Cedar Falls is a small grocery store and gas station, selling our products, soft serve ice cream, high-quality local food and convenience items.

Tour the largest working sawmill in Iowa. See how we take logs from local timbers and create cabinets and furniture for your home at our facility in Edgewood, Iowa.

Kinze Manufacturing's world headquarters, manufacturing facility, offices and training center span over 30 acres, located along Interstate 80, near Williamsburg, Iowa. The company receives five to seven semi-trailer loads of raw materials a day, including 35 million pounds of high-grade steel each year.

Unlike other equipment manufacturers who often assemble parts made from as far away as China, Kinze makes virtually all its planter and grain cart components. When Jon Kinzenbaw couldn't find a hydraulic cylinder that met his requirements for reliability, he simply started to make his own.

Inside the manufacturing plant, giant steel cutting and stamping machines punch out everything from large grain cart panels and planter frames to the smallest sprockets and components. Skilled welders work next to welding robots as pieces of equipment begin to take shape. Every exposed surface of the high-quality steel is first de-scaled then powder-coated and assembled by people who take an enormous amount of pride in their work. Many have tenure of over 20 years with the company.

As part of the quality assurance process, each seed meter is individually tested prior to installation on the planter. All hydraulic cylinders are cycled and pressure tested before they are installed on any machines.

After passing final inspection, each piece of equipment is taken to our state of the art indoor shipping facility to be loaded onto awaiting semi trailers or shipping containers.

If you plan to be in the area and would like to see the plant, you call the number listed and ask for "Tours" to schedule your factory tour.

RVP~1875, the world?s leading historical furniture shop and museum,
is located at 115 S. Wilson, in the historic Milligan Lumber, Grain & Coal
building in downtown Jefferson, Iowa. Owner and operator, Robby Pedersen, is a Master Furniture Maker with over 20 years experience, who builds
historically accurate furniture using only the tools, techniques and
finishes used in 1875. On display is one of the Midwest?s largest
assortments of 19th Century woodworking tools, including an 1860?s
foot-powered lathe, an 1870?s hand-crank ripsaw, and over 400 different
hand planes. Our showroom also holds over 100 pieces of unique pioneer
furniture.

Groups of all sizes are welcome. Drop in to see us and we'll show you
around, or our one-hour tour can be scheduled by appointment.

Each one of my kaleidoscopes is a little different from any other I have made. I buy the brass, glass and acrylic parts but turn the wooden parts individually without any patterns or templates.

The largest motor home manufacturing facility in the world, Winnebago Industries, Inc., is located right here in Forest City in what we refer to as the most productive 60 acres in North Iowa. Founded in 1958, "Winnebago" became a household word when the first recreation vehicle manufacturer to build motor homes in an automotive-style assembly line system. Winnebago Industries builds its Winnebago, Itasca, Ultimate, and Rialta motor home brands in one of the most technologically advanced RV manufacturing facilities in existence today.