Mason City
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Mason City is a city in Iowa, renowned for its collection of architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright and other Prairie School architects, considered the most significant concentration of such architecture outside of Oak Park, Illinois.
Get in
By car
U.S. Highways 18 and 65 go through Mason City. Interstate 35 runs through the nearby town of Clear Lake, about 7 miles west of Mason City.By plane
Mason City Municipal Airport has nonstop service on Air Choice One to Minneapolis/St. Paul, Fort Dodge, Chicago, and Burlington, IA.Get around
Public transportation is close to non-existent in Mason City. There is a paratransit van service available but no public bus system in place.
Do
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address: 308 South Pennsylvania Avenue Mason City, IA 50401
Eat
The Northwestern Steakhouse is locally famous for its steaks. Birdsall's ice cream is also locally well-known for its delicious shakes, malts, and ice cream and is a local landmark, unchanged for decades.
Sleep
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Decker House Bed and Breakfast
phone: +1 641 423-4700address: 119 2nd St. SE -
phone: +1 641 422-0015address: 15 W State St