Why you should travel to Grinell Iowa

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Grinell Iowa is one of the smallest towns in U.S. with a total population of nearly 10,000 but this town has a lot to offer to tourists that Grinell Iowa hotels would attest in terms of the number of travelers in this humble town that visit them the whole year round.

A far cry from the hustle and bustle of the Metropolis flaunting its skyscrapers, magnificent city lights at night, trendy people on the go, fashionable wears and flashy cars that reflects a modern urban city.  Grinell on the other hand is notable for its arts and culture, the town prided themselves with this architectural treasure at the historic downtown designed by Louis Sullivan, which is called National Historic Landmark Grinnel Sullivan building and the 1914 building made of bricks designed in the Midwest is the Merchant National Bank.   

Grandiose Malacanang Palace of the North

The colossal house of the former President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos in Ilocos Norte

     This has been the second home of the First family of the Philippines during the reign of former Ferdinand Marcos, who was known as an Ilocano, born and raised in Ilocos Norte and reigned as president for twenty years from 1965 until such time that his government has toppled down in 1986 by the new administrator former President Corazon C. Aquino.  When the new government took place, some of the wealth of the Marcoses has been sequestered, which was deemed as an ill gotten wealth and was turned over to the government for administration, and one of which is this grandiose palace as called in Ilocano as "Malacanang ti Amianan", in English it means "Malacanang of the North".  

Museum of the Marcoses in Ilocos Norte

   From Vigan City and right after Laoag City, Batac is another two hour land travel where the old house of the Marcoses has been transformed into  a museum and mausoleum of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos.