Des Moines

Pros: Lots to do
Cons: Let's coordinate the street numbers and names, OK?

We decided we'd been working entirely too hard. We needed a get-away. Des Moines seemed a feasible destination, a population of about 200,000 people. There must be SOMETHING to do there! We weren't disappointed. Before you get there, get a map of De ...

Pros: A road trip for the mind
Cons: An out of the way destination

So, I would bet you've never thought about The Bridges of Madison County and the late actor John Wayne at the same time....have you? The Bridges - the symbolic icon of romantic discovery and loss, and The Duke - the symbolic icon of the...

Pros: A nice day exploring a small town in Iowa the community of Winterset.
Cons: none

Since epinions put a picture of John Wayne as depicting Des Moines I am putting my review here. This review is about visiting Winterset, Iowa which is just 35 miles southwest of Des Moines and the birthplace of John Wayne. This visit to Winterset, ...

Pros: Variety of things to do, no noticeable traffic, nothing is far away
Cons: You won't need to stay long to explore everything

My husband and I like to travel. Sometimes we fly, sometimes we drive. Living in Kansas City, we are ...

Pros: You eat as much as you want and don't gain weight!
Cons: Cold showers get old after a few days.

RAGBRAI stands for the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa. This ride began in 1973 when two Des Moines Register writers, John Karras and Don Kaul challenged each other to ride across Iowa and write columns while on the road. They decided to...

Pros: Lots to see, great scenery and easy to get to!
Cons: It's cold in Iowa in the winter!

Review Topic:  Sights & Attractions

Review Topic:  Sights & AttractionsJohn Wayne isn't from Des Moines, so why is he the picture shown for the city?? I guess in Iowa he's close enough. Actually, John Wayne was...

Pros: Des Moines, a place to visit and see how small town can be exciting.
Cons: It's got no OCEAN,no palm trees

Des Moines is the capital of I_O_W_A, yes we grow corn(outside of the city,in the country). We have the greatest State Fair(two weeks in August). But we are so much more..
Des Moines is a late blooming large city. What do I mean. Well, local...

Pros: Strip mall shopping, strip mall dining, conservative values
Cons: Only one Krispy Kreme, drunken high school students, angry drunken elderly right-wing men

Last weekend was my third excursion into the heart of Central Iowa, the state that defied the legacy of its most symbolic native, John Wayne, by voting for Gore. But Mr. Big Leggy got the last laugh; now, the charming highway strip of rural Iowa is...

Pros: Architecture AND Art in one great stop
Cons: ?

We were just "passing through" Iowa (like most everyone else) on our way to Nebraska (and being from Nebraska, I could never poke fun at Iowa, believe me.) I happen to notice in our handy-dandy AAA tourbook that the Des Moines Art Center was...

Pros: safe, cheap
Cons: not always exciting

I happen to currently live in Des Moines (actually Ankeny, but its close enough for government work). Des Moines is not a bad town to live in. The Art Center has a decent collection (it's current exhibit, Almost Warm and Fuzzy is a great place to take...

Pros: Food, Service, Prices
Cons: None

New Years Eve, my fiance and I were looking for a place to stop and eat dinner before the show we were attending. We happened to be in West Des Moines, a growing suburb of the capitol city Des Moines. West Des Moines if chock full of every kind of...

Pros: Family Friendly, Fairly Safe, Uniquely Diverse
Cons: Poor Income Levels, Unimaginative Lifestyles

Well, Folks!!! I've been living right here, smack dab in the middle of corn and finance businesses for nineteen years now. Yes, I grew up in Des Moines and am now a college student situated in Iowa City. A couples months ago I was travelling down...

Pros: good skateboarding downtown, sherman hill has fly houses (and tours!), cheap cost of living, good bands visiting.
Cons: crank addicts love the i35 - i80 corridor. lots of meth-heads in and out of the city.

I like Des Moines, Iowa. I used to live there. True it can be a skanky dreary place in some parts, and there are areas in Des Moines that reek of the desperation brought by the collapse of the inner-city, but that it has an inner-city at all is nothing...

Pros: shopping great Civic Center
Cons: none really

I'm from Iowa, but I promise I won't be biased :). Des Moines, Iowa and the surrounding area is a rapidly growing urban area ( nearly a million people). I'm from Iowa and now live in Chicago and a recent trip to Des Moines reminded me of the sprawling...