The house that inspired "American Gothic" is "more than just that little house,” says Cari Nicely, administrator of the namesake visitors center in Eldon, Iowa.

Hours: The American Gothic Visitors’ Center is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Visitors can see inside the American Gothic house on the second ...

A small Iowa town of just under 800 people is home to one of the most iconic homes in American art history. Grant Wood, one of Iowa's most famous artists, based his iconic 1930 painting, "American ...

The American Gothic House will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the second Saturday of the month, April through October. Group tours also can be arranged at other times. Call 641 ...

Holly Berg is director of the American Gothic House Center, which is the museum next door. HOLLY BERG: We get about 15,000 or 16,000 visitors a year. CORNISH: Not bad for a town of 900.

RAGBRAI riders packed the grounds of the 19th-century home that inspired one of America's most famous paintings.

Beth Howard spent decades scuba diving with sharks and baking pies for movie stars before she fell in love with a historic Iowa farmhouse. For $250 a month, she now calls it home.

And, of course, there’s “American Gothic” by Grant Wood. In 1930, Wood noticed a simple house built in Carpenter Gothic style in his home state of […] Skip to content ...