Political cartoonists had a field day drawing Jimmy Carter. The image of Carter during his 1976 campaign included caricatures of a rural Southerner and that giant smile.

Cartoonists for the Chicago Tribune and Time magazine depicted Carter as Planters snack company’s dapper advertising character, Mr. Peanut. Others depicted Carter himself as a smiling peanut, along ...

Iowa might surprise you with just how much fun it packs into its rolling countryside and charming small towns. From ...

Thursday's Child has been granting wishes for those in need in Southwest and South-central Wisconsin and beyond.

Is Grant Wood’s famous painting "American Gothic" a celebration of Midwestern perseverance, or a mockery of a culture stuck ...

Welcome to the Justin Smith Morrill Homestead in Strafford, Vermont. Nestled in the heart of the Green Mountain State, this ...

At the Minnesota Museum of American Art, newly commissioned Native works and a broad range of historic and contemporary art ...

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Kevin has been writing and creating personal finance and travel content for over six years. He is the founder of the award-winning blog, Family Money Adventure, and host of the Family Money ...

In 1942, an ambitious young photographer named Gordon Parks created his iconic picture “American Gothic,” paying homage to Grant Wood’s 1930 painting of the same name. Parks’ version ...

Former Rep. Jim Leach, an Iowa Republican who broke with his party over the war in Iraq and later Donald Trump, has died at ...