ELDON — Most people notice the pitchfork the man holds in Grant Wood's iconic 'American Gothic' painting. But if you look closely, you'll see the shape repeated in his overalls. The same shape is used ...

ELDON, Iowa -- The perfectly arched and cross-paned gothic window is everywhere. It is among the blue ribbon winners at the Wapello County Fair crafts barn, built out of 16 Popsicle sticks. It’s ...

ELDON, Iowa,, Oct. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A heartfelt story emerges from the small Midwestern city of Eldon about what’s possible when a community comes together. Sept. 28, 2020 -- “No way, wow!

ELDON, Iowa — Tiny Eldon in southeast Iowa has been losing population, jobs and business for nearly five decades, but one woman is trying to turn things around with a focus on tourism centered around ...

Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” painting (and all of its parodies) may be legendary, but most people don’t realize that the little white farmhouse in the background is real — that it’s in Eldon, Iowa ...

One day a gentleman was sitting alone in a Mercedes in Eldon, Ia., where such things don't go unnoticed for long. A hobo stew feed was going on in the town of 920 people, and a group of old boys were ...

ELDON — The 1880s farmhouse in America’s most famous painting lures 15,000 global visitors each year to tiny Eldon, about 117 miles southwest of Cedar Rapids. However, the 2007 Visitors Center next ...

Tiny Eldon in southeast Iowa has been losing population, jobs and business for nearly five decades, but one woman is trying to turn things around with a focus on tourism centered around the ...

Five years ago, Donna Jeffrey was disheartened to see buildings literally crumbling in downtown Eldon, the southeast Iowa town of just under 1,000 people where she has lived her whole life. Jeffrey ...