Pottawattamie County, IA Museums
Sweet Vale of Avoca Heritage Museum
Large taxidermy collection of animals from all over the world. Historical displays, collection of 1899-2005 Danish plates.
Historic General Dodge House
Victorian house museum built by Grenville and Mrs. Dodge in 1869-70
Union Pacific Railroad Museum
Explore 140 years of American railroad history, from the origins of the nation's first transcontinental railroad in 1862
Shelby County Historical Museum
See old firefighting equipment, furniture, clothing, two-headed calf, farmstead furnishings and two 100-year-old log cabins.
Nishna Heritage Museum
Shows all phases of life in southwest Iowa, beginning with prehistoric animals. Collection of dolls, tools, wrenches and prehistoric rocks. See old-time ice wagon and traveling coach.
Carstens 1880 Farmstead
Late 1880s farmstead and 80
Walnut Creek Historical Museum
Discover the area's German heritage and farming history in this former Masonic Lodge with Masonic emblems and original tin ceiling.