Indianola, Iowa - National Balloon Museum

Address:
1601 N. Jefferson Way, Indianola, IA
Directions:
North edge of town. On the west side of US 65/69/N. Jefferson Way, a mile north of Hwy 92, at the corner of Orchard Ave.
Hours:
M-F 9-4, Sa 10-4, Su 1-4; fewer hours off-season (Call to verify)
Phone:
515-961-8415

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Indianola, Iowa - National Balloon Museum

Indianola has a museum dedicated to Hot Air Balloons, and has a Balloon Classic every summer with a whole little festival going on.

Also outside of the Lake Aquabi Nature Center there is a large Buffalo made entirely out of barbed wire. The buffalo took three years to build. [Jay Que, 01/25/2007]

[RA: The museum proudly displays a homemade plastic basket that took one daredevil to an altitude of 38,000 feet.]

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