Maybe you’re already hearing those dreaded words from your kids this summer: “I’m bored!” How about taking a road trip? One that’s budget-friendly, fun, AND educational? Well, I asked my friend Brooke Bouma, host of Road Trip Iowa on IPTV, to help me understand a place we could go—right here in our own state—that would be fun but also educational for the kids (and us) this summer. And she’s got some amazing suggestions of things I didn’t even know were in Iowa!

In their folksy song “Oh Death,” MercyMe proclaim the power of Christ over death.