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Destination	Location	Estimated Miles* from Top of Iowa Welcome Center	Estimated Travel Time* from Top of Iowa Welcome Center	General Direction of Travel
Mayo Clinic	Rochester, MN	78.2 miles via I-35 N and I-90 E	1 hour, 13 minutes	North
Minnesota Twins Game	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN	111 miles via I-35 N	1 hour, 43 minutes	North
Mall of America	Bloomington, MN	104 miles via I-35 N	1 hour, 30 minutes	North
Minnesota Vikings Football Game	US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN	112 miles via I-35 N	1 hour, 41 minutes	North
University of Minnesota Football Game	Huntington Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN	113 miles via I-35 N	1 hour, 43 minutes	North
University of Iowa Football Game	Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City , IA	193 miles via I-380 S and US-218 S	3 hours, 2 minutes	South
Iowa Cubs Baseball Game	Principal Park, Des Moines, IA	135 miles via I-35 S	2 hours, 1 minute	South
Iowa State University	Ames, IA	107 miles via I-35 S	1 hour, 34 minutes	South
University of Northern Iowa	Cedar Falls, IA	109 miles via I-35 S to US-18E and US-218S	1 hour, 44 minutes	East
Great River Road National Scenic Byway	Pick up the Byway in  Lansing, IA	122 miles via IA-9 E	2 hours, 30 minutes	East
Iowa Great Lakes	Spirit Lake and Okoboji, IA	99 miles via IA-9 W	1 hour, 59 minutes	West
Iowa Speedway	Newton, IA	160 miles via I-35 S and I-80 E	2 hours, 22 minutes	South then East
Loess Hills National Scenic Byway	Moorehead, IA	226 miles via I-35 S and US-20 W to IA-175 W	3 hours, 38 minutes	South then West
Missouri State Line	Lamoni, IA	215 miles, via I-35 S	3 hours, 7 minutes	South

* Source: Google Maps, fastest route, the usual traffic.