{"id":8018,"date":"2018-12-19T12:11:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T12:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/?p=8018"},"modified":"2019-10-21T09:09:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T08:09:44","slug":"des-moines-travel-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/des-moines-travel-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Des Moines Travel Blog."},"content":{"rendered":"

Des Moines<\/a><\/strong><\/span> is the capital and the most populous city in the state of Iowa in the United States. Originally incorporated as Fort Des Moines in 1851, Des Moines is a major center of the insurance industry in the United States and has significant financial services and publishing industries. Des Moines also holds a special place in the political arena of the nation, as Iowa is the first state in which a caucus is held every election term. Des Moines has a few attractions for visitors including the impressive Iowa Capitol and several monuments for fallen soldiers throughout history, Terrace Hill, and the State of Iowa Historical Museum.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some of the top places to visit in Des Moines<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
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  1. State Capitol<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Science Center of Iowa<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Salisbury House & Gardens<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Des Moines Art Center<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Principal Park<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. East Village<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Water Works Park<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Iowa State Fair<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Things to do in Des Moines<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
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    1. Visit the Capitol building<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Tour the Des Moines Art Center<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Buy something at the Downtown Farmers Market<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. See a show at Hoyt Sherman Place<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Go to the Iowa State Fair<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Have a beer at El Bait Shop<\/span><\/li>\n
    7. Hang out at the Pappajohn Sculpture Park<\/span><\/li>\n
    8. Walk around the East Village<\/span><\/li>\n
    9. Browse the Kavanaugh Art Gallery<\/span><\/li>\n
    10. Have a meal at Centro<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the state of Iowa in the United States. Originally incorporated as Fort Des Moines in 1851, Des Moines is a major center of the insurance industry in the United States and has significant financial services and publishing industries. Des Moines also holds a special […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":332,"featured_media":13879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,136],"tags":[500,501,86],"class_list":["post-8018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-bucket","category-usa-canada","tag-des-moines","tag-iowa","tag-travelcenteruk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12641,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8018\/revisions\/12641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}