Raw States
National Farm Toy Show
Dyersville, IA · Quirky
- When
- November 6–8, 2026
- Where
- National Farm Toy Museum · Dyersville · IA
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
Collectors from across the country converge on Dyersville each November for the National Farm Toy Show, the event that led to the founding of the National Farm Toy Museum in 1986. Vendors fill the town with die cast tractors, combines and implements for buying, selling and trading.
The history within reach
- Field of Dreams2.4 mi
A baseball diamond a farmer cut into his corn for the film and then, when he was supposed to plough it back under, could not.
- Galena Country Fair35 mi
Galena Country Fair started in 1979 as a small handful of craft booths overlooking the Galena River and has grown into a juried show of more than 100 artisans.
A large fur-trade-era reenactment on the Mississippi River island where Prairie du Chien's historic trading post once stood.
- Effigy Mounds43 mi
More than two hundred mounds on the bluffs above the Mississippi, many shaped as bears and birds up to 137 feet long, built over several centuries and best read from the air.
Hillary Clinton's first attempt at Snapchat, filmed at arm's length on the Cedar River bank in July 2015, produced four words delivered directly into the lens.