Wherever I wander, I have an eye out for new and different things that might make interesting writing and reading. A trip to the Iowa-Missouri-Illinois tri-state corner last weekend offered up some ...

Keokuk geodes attract rock-hunting hobbyists from all over, but just how easy is it to find one? “As a young kid, we used to go to the Mississippi over there and go fishing,” Mike Shumate recalled.

In 1967, the Iowa State Legislature named the Geode the state rock of Iowa. Fifty years later, this unique type of rock gets more notice in Keokuk than anywhere else in the state. Keokuk is known as ...

Stones in the Bevard Collection of Keokuk Geodes are displayed at the Keokuk Area Convention & Tourism Office in 2021. The geode was declared Iowa’s official state rock in 1967. (The Gazette) Buy ...

Based on our methodology, the best Midwest city for retired couples living on just Social Security is Keokuk, Iowa. Recognized as the “Geode Capital of the World”, Keokuk has some of the most diverse ...