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ITINERARY
23h 38m1,264 miles27 stops
1
Betty's Bath and Day Spa
Betty's features two outdoor hot tubs and saunas, massages, facials, restorative spa treatments, lounge and relaxation areas in a xeriscaped garden setting, and a specialty boutique with natural and scintillating bath & body products as well as sassy and stylish affordable accessories.
2
Hinkle Fun Center
Hinkle Family Fun Center is Albuquerque's Premier Family Entertainment Destination located in sunny New Mexico. Hinkle Family Fun Center features two scenic 18 hole Miniature Golf Courses, a 1/8 mile twisting Go Kart Track, Rock Climbing, two Game Rooms and Prize Centers with over 150 redemption and arcade games, Bumper Boats, Bungee Jump Trampoline, a 4500 square foot black light themed Lazer Tag arena, XD Dark Ride, Lazer Frenzy, Bumper Cars, Light Space, Birthday Parties, Group Events and Cody’s Cafe too! Celebrating 25 years of making memories that matter!
3
Cadillac Ranch
This offbeat roadside attraction features 10 graffiti-covered Cadillacs standing upright in a row, buried nose-first in the ground. The sculpture is the brainchild of Amarillo millionaire Stanley Marsh III, who chose classics dating from 1948 to 1963, the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.
4
Golden Mesa Casino
Golden Mesa features more than 600 electronic games and the only Blackjack and Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em tables in the Oklahoma panhandle. The Gold Spur bar and Copper Cantina Restaurant are located inside the casino, as well as the Silver Saddle Gift Shop.
5
Sunset Lake
6
Mid-America Air Museum
2023 Admission Charges $10 Adult $7 Senior Citizen $5 Children ages 6-18 Group Tours of 10 or more $5/person
7
Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center
Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center is a full service performing arts and convention center, providing citizens and visitors with a diverse selection of entertainment and meeting opportunities. The ensuing mission of Century II is to provide an economic benefit to Wichita through its use as a performing arts and convention center. The facility is owned and managed by the City of Wichita and is unique among other municipal facilities. This uniqueness is due to its dramatic architectural style, the nature of the business, the vast number of services provided, the diversity of clients, its importance to the downtown area, and the economic impact it has on the community. Century II strives to provide the highest quality of customer service that includes a clean and safe venue for private and public gatherings, encompassing the performing arts, conventions, trade shows, banquets, meetings, public exhibits, religious programs and special events.
8
Entrap Games
Entrap Games is a new kind of entertainment game for adults that have become wildly popular across the United States. You and your teammates have 60 minutes to work together to solve your way through a series of puzzling steps, which yield a key or code necessary in escaping the room. It’s a fully immersive, exhilarating experience.
9
David Traylor Zoo of Emporia
10
Missouri Town Living History Museum
See what a progressive farming community, spread across some 30 sloping acres, looked like in the mid-1800s. Missouri Town 1855 is composed of more than 25 buildings dating from 1820 - 1860. This living history museum uses original structures, furnishings and equipment. Also depicting the 19th Century lifestyles are interpreters in period attire, authentic field and garden crops, and rare livestock breeds. Visit Missouri Town 1855 with professional living history interpreters to help you along your self-guided tour.
11
Annelise Winery
12
Brenton Skating Plaza
13
Timeless Treasures Corner
We offer two floors of shopping. Selling Antiques, Collectibles, Coins, and used Furniture. We welcome visitors to shop at our ever-changing store Where unique and high quality items enter daily.
14
Faulconer Gallery
Faulconer Gallery at Grinnell College presents outstanding exhibitions of art by regional, national and international artists. Located at the heart of the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, designed by Cesar Pelli, Faulconer Gallery brings art to central Iowa that will enchant, challenge, and inspire our visitors. Faulconer Gallery also includes the Print & Drawing Study Room in Burling Library.
15
Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center
16
Here's What's Poppin
17
University of Iowa Special Collections & University Archives
Rare book room, University Archives, scrapbooks, photographs, sci-fi pulps, artists' books, fine press, comics, broadsides, fanzines, letters and more. Open for researchers, students, and the public. Visit our exhibit space anytime the library is open. Located on the third floor of the University of Iowa Main Library, 8:30AM-5PM Monday-Friday during the summer and 8:30-5:30PM during the school year.
18
University of Iowa Museum of Art
19
Riverside Theatre
Riverside Theatre is a professional theatre and non-profit, 501 (c)(3) organization that connects artists and audiences through intimate, engaging, and provocative productions from the classics to new works, and provides an artistic home for regional theatre professionals. Riverside Theatre was founded by Ron Clark, Jody Hovland and Bruce Wheaton in 1981 and is now in its 42nd season. From September through May we produce a full season of work at our theatre on Gilbert Street. In June and July, we produce a summer season centered around the classics. We are affiliated with Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States, employing actors and designers from all over the country and provide housing, salary, and transportation to visiting actors and directors during their employment at Riverside.
20
Black's Gaslight Village
21
Iowa Wine Tours
Experience a fun-filled, flexible and educational wine tour with the Upper Mississippi Valley Wine Region`s first wine tour company
22
Julien Dubuque Monument
23
Shot Tower
24
New Glarus Brewing Company
25
The Bramble Patch
26
Alliant Energy Center
Our premier downtown multi-venue complex features four unique and versatile venues: Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Exhibition Hall, the New Holland Pavilions, and Willow Island. A top choice for expositions, conventions, meetings, concerts, sporting events, ag events, and much more, the Alliant Energy Center complex is a one-stop-shop for all your events. Ample parking, mouthwatering catering, dedicated staff, and a full range of rental equipment & high speed internet make AEC an event planners delight!
27
Schultz Cheese Haus
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OVERVIEW
Albuquerque to Madison
1
Start:Betty's Bath and Day Spa
Albuquerque, New Mexico·
4.5
(98) review
Betty's features two outdoor hot tubs and saunas, massages, facials, restorative spa treatments, lounge and relaxation areas in a xeriscaped garden setting, and a specialty boutique with natural and scintillating bath & body products as well as sassy and stylish affordable accessories.
2
Start:Hinkle Fun Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico·
4.0
(95) review
Hinkle Family Fun Center is Albuquerque's Premier Family Entertainment Destination located in sunny New Mexico. Hinkle Family Fun Center features two scenic 18 hole Miniature Golf Courses, a 1/8 mile twisting Go Kart Track, Rock Climbing, two Game Rooms and Prize Centers with over 150 redemption and arcade games, Bumper Boats, Bungee Jump Trampoline, a 4500 square foot black light themed Lazer Tag arena, XD Dark Ride, Lazer Frenzy, Bumper Cars, Light Space, Birthday Parties, Group Events and Cody’s Cafe too! Celebrating 25 years of making memories that matter!
3
Start:Cadillac Ranch
Amarillo, Texas·
4.0
(4307) review
This offbeat roadside attraction features 10 graffiti-covered Cadillacs standing upright in a row, buried nose-first in the ground. The sculpture is the brainchild of Amarillo millionaire Stanley Marsh III, who chose classics dating from 1948 to 1963, the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.
4
Start:Golden Mesa Casino
Guymon, Oklahoma·
3.0
(12) review
Golden Mesa features more than 600 electronic games and the only Blackjack and Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em tables in the Oklahoma panhandle. The Gold Spur bar and Copper Cantina Restaurant are located inside the casino, as well as the Silver Saddle Gift Shop.
5
Start:Sunset Lake
Guymon, Oklahoma·
4.5
(2) review
906 NW Fifth St, Guymon, OK
6
Start:Mid-America Air Museum
Liberal, Kansas·
4.5
(87) review
2023 Admission Charges $10 Adult $7 Senior Citizen $5 Children ages 6-18 Group Tours of 10 or more $5/person
7
Start:Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center
Wichita, Kansas·
4.0
(93) review
Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center is a full service performing arts and convention center, providing citizens and visitors with a diverse selection of entertainment and meeting opportunities. The ensuing mission of Century II is to provide an economic benefit to Wichita through its use as a performing arts and convention center. The facility is owned and managed by the City of Wichita and is unique among other municipal facilities. This uniqueness is due to its dramatic architectural style, the nature of the business, the vast number of services provided, the diversity of clients, its importance to the downtown area, and the economic impact it has on the community. Century II strives to provide the highest quality of customer service that includes a clean and safe venue for private and public gatherings, encompassing the performing arts, conventions, trade shows, banquets, meetings, public exhibits, religious programs and special events.
8
Start:Entrap Games
Wichita, Kansas·
4.5
(93) review
Entrap Games is a new kind of entertainment game for adults that have become wildly popular across the United States. You and your teammates have 60 minutes to work together to solve your way through a series of puzzling steps, which yield a key or code necessary in escaping the room. It’s a fully immersive, exhilarating experience.
9
Start:David Traylor Zoo of Emporia
Emporia, Kansas·
4.5
(92) review
75 Sodens Rd, Emporia, KS 66801-8702
10
Start:Missouri Town Living History Museum
Lee's Summit, Missouri·
4.5
(99) review
See what a progressive farming community, spread across some 30 sloping acres, looked like in the mid-1800s. Missouri Town 1855 is composed of more than 25 buildings dating from 1820 - 1860. This living history museum uses original structures, furnishings and equipment. Also depicting the 19th Century lifestyles are interpreters in period attire, authentic field and garden crops, and rare livestock breeds. Visit Missouri Town 1855 with professional living history interpreters to help you along your self-guided tour.
11
Start:Annelise Winery
Indianola, Iowa·
4.5
(9) review
15110 Highway 92, Indianola, IA 50125-8459
12
Start:Brenton Skating Plaza
Des Moines, Iowa·
4.5
(9) review
520 Robert D Ray Dr, Des Moines, IA 50309-1824
13
Start:Timeless Treasures Corner
Oskaloosa, Iowa·
4.0
(5) review
We offer two floors of shopping. Selling Antiques, Collectibles, Coins, and used Furniture. We welcome visitors to shop at our ever-changing store Where unique and high quality items enter daily.
14
Start:Faulconer Gallery
Grinnell, Iowa·
4.5
(5) review
Faulconer Gallery at Grinnell College presents outstanding exhibitions of art by regional, national and international artists. Located at the heart of the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, designed by Cesar Pelli, Faulconer Gallery brings art to central Iowa that will enchant, challenge, and inspire our visitors. Faulconer Gallery also includes the Print & Drawing Study Room in Burling Library.
15
Start:Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center
Cedar Falls, Iowa·
4.0
(8) review
8201 Dakota St, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0801
16
Start:Here's What's Poppin
Cedar Falls, Iowa·
4.5
(8) review
220 Main St, Cedar Falls, IA 50613-2736
17
Start:University of Iowa Special Collections & University Archives
Iowa City, Iowa·
5.0
(7) review
Rare book room, University Archives, scrapbooks, photographs, sci-fi pulps, artists' books, fine press, comics, broadsides, fanzines, letters and more. Open for researchers, students, and the public. Visit our exhibit space anytime the library is open. Located on the third floor of the University of Iowa Main Library, 8:30AM-5PM Monday-Friday during the summer and 8:30-5:30PM during the school year.
18
Start:University of Iowa Museum of Art
Iowa City, Iowa·
3.5
(7) review
125 North Madison Street 3rd Floor, Iowa City, IA 52242
19
Start:Riverside Theatre
Iowa City, Iowa·
5.0
(8) review
Riverside Theatre is a professional theatre and non-profit, 501 (c)(3) organization that connects artists and audiences through intimate, engaging, and provocative productions from the classics to new works, and provides an artistic home for regional theatre professionals. Riverside Theatre was founded by Ron Clark, Jody Hovland and Bruce Wheaton in 1981 and is now in its 42nd season. From September through May we produce a full season of work at our theatre on Gilbert Street. In June and July, we produce a summer season centered around the classics. We are affiliated with Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States, employing actors and designers from all over the country and provide housing, salary, and transportation to visiting actors and directors during their employment at Riverside.
20
Start:Black's Gaslight Village
Iowa City, Iowa·
3.0
(8) review
422 Brown St, Iowa City, IA 52245-5859
21
Start:Iowa Wine Tours
Dubuque, Iowa·
4.5
(93) review
Experience a fun-filled, flexible and educational wine tour with the Upper Mississippi Valley Wine Region`s first wine tour company
22
Start:Julien Dubuque Monument
Dubuque, Iowa·
4.5
(86) review
Julien Dubuque Drive, Dubuque, IA
23
Start:Shot Tower
Dubuque, Iowa·
3.5
(89) review
600 E Commercial St, Dubuque, IA
24
Start:New Glarus Brewing Company
New Glarus, Wisconsin·
4.5
(688) review
25
Start:The Bramble Patch
New Glarus, Wisconsin·
4.5
(8) review
102 5th Ave, New Glarus, WI 53574-8702
26
Start:Alliant Energy Center
Madison, Wisconsin·
4.0
(99) review
Our premier downtown multi-venue complex features four unique and versatile venues: Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Exhibition Hall, the New Holland Pavilions, and Willow Island. A top choice for expositions, conventions, meetings, concerts, sporting events, ag events, and much more, the Alliant Energy Center complex is a one-stop-shop for all your events. Ample parking, mouthwatering catering, dedicated staff, and a full range of rental equipment & high speed internet make AEC an event planners delight!
27
Start:Schultz Cheese Haus
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin·
4.5
(40) review
N6312 US Highway 151, Beaver Dam, WI 53916-9212
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