My wife and I have realized that we need a quick get-away. Doesn't need to be something elaborate, and just for a few days. So, I'm thinking about Cedar Rapids, IA. It's not terribly far away. I do want to check out the Czech Village / New Bohemia District. We could visit Grant Wood’s quirky studio (where he painted American Gothic) and the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. They even have geocaching challenges throughout their park system.
Then I heard about Mt. Trashmore. Part of me wants to go check it out because it's so weird. But the other part of me doesn't want to admit how much trash we have as a society.
Horaney said. “Everything that went in there was part of people’s lives and now we took something that, you know, was garbage and we turned it into something that people love and enjoy.”Curious Iowa: How did a landfill become a recreation destination?
In this week’s edition of Curious Iowa, The Gazette looks at why a landfill was built on the doorstep of Czech Village, how Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency developed a landfill into a hub of nature trails and what will happen when the county’s current landfill reaches capacity.
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