Hand holding a purple geode in a green garden - FotoHelin/Shutterstock This guide highlights accessible, legal locations where enthusiasts can safely hunt for geodes and geode-like formations and take ...

Have you tried looking for geodes but never seem to have any luck? Let Naturalist Jess Lancial lead the way during one of our upcoming geode hunting excursions to Keokuk! The Family Geode Hunting ...

Iowa’s state rock is all over the state’s southeast corner, but to find one you need to know someone. “There’s tons of geodes over here, but nobody has opened it up to the public,” said Kirk ...

Wherever I wander, I have an eye out for new and different things that might make interesting writing and reading. A trip to the Iowa-Missouri-Illinois tri-state corner last weekend offered up some ...

Recently my dear bride, the saintly Susan, and I stepped into the world of the 49ers and the desert rats who, in ages past, scoured the lonely places for precious minerals. I’m not suggesting we ...