Hamburg: Home of Stoner Drug, occasional butt of Internet jokes (get it? Stoner? Drug?). Actually a great place to visit thanks to the old-fashioned soda counter in the back of the store. A few miles north of Hamburg is Waubonsie State Park, which offers excellent views of the Missouri River valley below.
Sidney: The annual Sidney Rodeo attracts thousands of visitors to this small town.
Tabor: Famous abolitionist John Brown used this town as a base of operations and the Todd House was an important stop on the Underground Railroad.
Glenwood: This town of 5,358 is built on the site that once was home to the Glenwood Culture of Native Americans, known for their earth mound homes.
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY:
Council Bluffs: With scraggy vegetation and homes clinging to its hillsides along the Missouri River, Council Bluffs has the feel of a Western town. The city is full of history related to the westward migration of the 19th century.
Crescent: Named for the shape of the loess hills that cradle the community, this town of 537 is home to the only ski area in the Loess Hills.
Honey Creek: Home of the Hitchcock Nature Area and the Aeroplane Inn, this is a small, unincorporated hamlet.
HARRISON COUNTY:
Missouri Valley: With 2,992 residents, this is Harrison County's largest community. A variety of traveler services can be found here, including lodging.
Logan: Although one of Iowa's smallest county seat communities, it boasts a grand courthouse.
Magnolia: The Iowa Legislature chose this pretty spot in the hills as the initial county seat of Harrison County, but it lost that status when the railroad bypassed the town in favor of Logan.
Pisgah: The headquarters of the Loess Hills State Forest is located in this small town. The community is most famous, however, as the site of The Old Home Fill ‘Er Up And Keep On Truckin’ Café, immortalized in song by C.W. McCall.
Little Sioux: A town of just 217 people on the river for which it is named. The Murray Hill Scenic Overlook is just northeast of the town. The Fontainebleau town site lies at the base of the hill.
MONONA COUNTY:
Moorhead: This small town is home to the headquarters of the Loess Hills Hospitality Association. Southwest of the town are Preparation Canyon State Park and the Loess Hills State Forest Overlook.
Turin: Site of an important archaeological find in 1955, known as the Turin Man.
Onawa: The county seat has a couple of claims to fame: It boasts of the widest main street in the country and is the birthplace of the Eskimo Pie. Nearby is Lewis and Clark State Park.
Castana: Like Turin, this also is the name of a municipality in Italy. Also like Turin, Iowa, this is a very small town, with just 178 residents as of the last census.
Rodney: An unincorporated village with less than 100 residents near the Woodbury County line.
WOODBURY COUNTY:
Smithland: This small town lays claim to being the oldest in the county. Orrin Smith settled here in 1852.
Oto: The 146 residents of this community celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2004.
Climbing Hill: There's an interesting story behind the name of this unincorporated village on County Highway D-54.
Bronson: No, this little community is not named after actor Charles Bronson.
Sergeant Bluff: Although named for the burial site of Sgt. Charles Floyd, ill- fated member of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, it is actually a few miles south of its location.
Sioux City: The largest city in the Loess Hills, with a population of 85.013, it offers a number of attractions for visitors. Stone State Park is located in the northwest corner of the city.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY:
Westfield: The Loess Hills end at the edge of this village, home to 189 people.
Akron: The Loess Hills Scenic Byway ends here, five miles north of Westfield, perhaps because this town has more services to offer the traveler.
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