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Meredith Willson Boyhood Home

In 1902 Meredith Willson, who immortalized his hometown of Mason City as River City in "The Music Man," was born in this 1895 house. It is now filled with family memorabilia, musical treasures and period furnishings.

Mason City, IA Historic Homes


Frank Lloyd Wright Stockman House

Wright's first Iowa building, designed in 1908, restored and furnished with Arts and Crafts furniture and reproductions of period Wright furniture. The only middle-class home of his Prairie School period that is open to the public in the U.S.

Mason City, IA Historic Homes

Kinney Pioneer Museum

View fossils, dolls, ladies' fashions, soda shop and antique cars. Peruse Meredith Willson collection, one-room school, log cabin and blacksmith shop. See the rare Colby Car, manufactured in Mason City.

Mason City, IA Museums


Things to do near Mason City, IA

The Hemken Collection

Museum features antique and special-interest automobiles from a 1914 Model T to cars of the 1970s. More than 60 cars on displ...

Mitchell County Historical Society Museum

Five fully functional antique steam engines: a Reeves 40-140 cross compound tractor, a 1913 Case model 110, a 1910 Phoenix ca...

Ackley Heritage Center

Visit the corner drug store with working soda fountain, and see displays and artifacts. Personal history files and videos, sc...

Oakwood Public Golf Course

Course Access: Semi-PrivateHoles: 9Reserve Advance Tee Times: Yes...

Herbert Quick Schoolhouse

Iowa author Herbert Quick was born in Grundy County and attended grammar school in this one-room school building. See author'...