Vacation season is back for the summer. But you don't have to hop on a plane or wait in long amusement park lines to go on vacation this season: Iowa has many vacation rentals available for a relaxing ...

Sometimes you just need a cabin in the woods. You don't need to come down in the morning at a bed and breakfast and have Myrtle and Fred gabbing at the communal breakfast table, asking where you're ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The first working day of the New Year traditionally has been something of a lottery for people wanting to book one of the 72 cabins at Iowa's state parks. Personnel or ...

IOWA CITY - Historic cabins in Iowa City will soon get a new chance at serving their very old purpose. The two City Park demonstration cabins were built by the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson ...

More than 180 years ago, back before the Iowa City skyline was ruled by tall city and campus buildings, the first settlers of European descent in Johnson County called log cabins home. Today, two log ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2018 and updated in 2024. Vacation season is back for the summer. But you don't have to hop on a plane or wait in long amusement park lines to go ...