Covered bridges from a bygone era embrace a romantic view of Iowa, inspiring a bestselling novel, a Hollywood movie, and a Broadway show that launched its touring production in Iowa. As part of a USA ...

FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) -- Police have expanded security measures around the Santa Fe Bridge over the Mississippi River at Fort Madison. The bridge is listed as one of 250 critical assets of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Holliwell Covered Bridge that Meryl Streep leaned against for a photo in a scene from the summer 1995 hit movie "The Bridges ...

Madison County, Iowa, once home to 19 covered bridges, now has six, five of which are on the National Register of Historic Places. The bridges gained fame after Robert James Waller's 1992 novel, "The ...