Introducing Des Moines
Des Moines, meaning ‘of the monks’ not ‘in the corn’ as the surrounding fields might suggest, is Iowa’s often-mocked capital. The town really is rather dull, but has a few good attractions. You must see the capitol, if nothing else. A fact not mentioned in the tourist brochures: before Ozzy Osbourne married Sharon and she started cooking for him, he bit the head off a bat here in 1982.
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Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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Re: Chicago to San Francisco in October
by nrclibn 30 August 2011
>Any suggestions on what to visit between Chicago and Denver? You could stop in the state capitols of Iowa (Des Moines) and Nebraska (Linco…
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RE: Itinerary Advice. Uk, Ireland & Europe
by cgbleak 11 July 2011
Is it Des Moines, Iowa Aribo? I agree with everything said above. About being rushed, more time in transit than spent at actual destinati…
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RE: How to tackle England??
by markfawkner 13 April 2011
#3 as Bill Bryson said about Des Moines - somebody had to be.
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