Worth the trip from Wellman: Kinnick Stadium, 20 mi off
Yearly visitors to Herbert Hoover National Historic Site number about 107K. Nothing on our list is inside Wellman; the 10 places to visit are within 40 miles. The commonest are 7 museums, 2 stadiums & arenas and a national historic site. Further afield lies International Video Game Hall of Fame, at 42 mi.
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
Presidential library and museum for U.S. President Herbert Hoover in West Branch, Iowa.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where to find them
Head to the northeast for most of the 10 on the list.
Orange: Wellman. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The complete list
Here are the 14 places within 60 miles.
1Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
Presidential library and museum for U.S. President Herbert Hoover in West Branch, Iowa.
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4Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
National Historic Site in West Branch, Iowa, United States.
5National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Archive organization in Cedar Rapids, United States.
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9Granger House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Linn County.
10University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
Natural history museum in Iowa, US.
11African American Museum of Iowa
Museum “to preserve, exhibit, and teach the African American heritage of Iowa.” in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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13Pine Creek Gristmill
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Muscatine County.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Photo credits
Kinnick Stadium: Count_de_Des_Moines (talk) (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum: Shadow2700, Public domain · Carver–Hawkeye Arena: Asolsma1988, CC0 · Herbert Hoover National Historic Site: Billwhittaker, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library: ArtisticAbode, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Art Cedar Rapids: ericjames, CC BY 3.0 · University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art: w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Granger House: Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 3.0 · University of Iowa Museum of Natural History: Billwhittaker (talk) at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · African American Museum of Iowa: Griot2012, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Abbe Creek School: Tom Hazelton, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pine Creek Gristmill: Kepper66, CC BY-SA 3.0
