Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Covered bridges from a bygone era embrace a romantic view of Iowa, inspiring a bestselling novel, a Hollywood movie, and a ...

The Bridges of Madison County, popularized by Robert James Waller's novel and the subsequent film, features six historic covered bridges. The High Trestle Trail Bridge, a half-mile long former ...

If there is one thing Iowa is known for other than corn and pigs, it's charming small towns and the rest of the U.S. thinks so, too. Winterset was in the running for USA TODAY'S 10BEST Readers' Choice ...

WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) -- Nobody bats an eye when a tourist heavy with cameras appears along the road in this tiny rural town. More than a decade after the movie "The Bridges of Madison County" was ...

Looks like your best bet to find a love that lasts is going to be in Winterset. The home of covered bridges was ranked as the most likely city in Iowa where a Hallmark movie might be set. Think of ...

WINTERSET, Iowa -- One of the historic covered bridges in central Iowa, the setting for Robert Waller's best-selling novel The Bridges of Madison County, was destroyed by fire, officials said ...

The Winterset Stage will present a special concert version of the Tony Award–winning musical The Bridges of Madison County during the 2025 Covered Bridge Festival, October 11–12, at the historic Iowa ...

Our first visit to Madison County, Iowa, 30 years ago, had not been planned around the now-famous 19th century covered bridges there, or the longtime annual festival that celebrates them. Back then, ...

WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) -- The farm house featured in the movie, ``The Bridges of Madison County'' was damaged by fire Monday. The house, an 1800s two-story wood-framed farmhouse near Winterset in ...