Below is a list of the sources that we consulted to produce this tour.
Dvorak
“Dvořák’s Trip to Spillville.” Dvořák American Heritage Association (DAHA), 2023, www.dvoraknyc.org/spitville.
Hansen, Chandler. “Art Imitates Life: Antonin Dvořák’s Summer Vacation in Iowa.” Morning Ag Clips, 19 Apr. 2024, www.morningagclips.com/art-imitates-life-antonin-dvoraks-summer-vacation-in-iowa/.
“Spillville.” Antonín Dvořák, www.antonin-dvorak.cz/en/life/places/spillville/. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
“St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church.” City of Spillville, 13 Sept. 2022, www.spillville.org/business-attraction/st-wenceslaus-catholic-church.
Porterhouse
“Circumstances Cannot Break God’s Promises.” Herald of His Coming, 2024, heraldofhiscoming.org/index.php/read-the-herald/past-issues/181-past-issues/2008/nov08/2140-circumstances-cannot-break-god-s-promises-11-08.
Hart, Bill. “Red Book Notes.” Decorah Journal, 1 June 1978.
“Pillow Basalts (U.S. National Park Service).” National Parks Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 14 Apr. 2023, www.nps.gov/articles/000/pillow-basalts.htm#:~:text=Pillow%20lavas%20form%20when%20eruptions,pillow%20basalts%20during%20subaqueous%20eruptions.
Porter House Museum. 2024. www.porterhousemuseum.org/.
“Porter House Open for Fest-Goers.” Decorah Journal, 23 July 1992.
Black Fiddle
“Black Fiddle Lecture and Performance.” Vesterheim Norwegian-American, vesterheim.org/program/black-fiddle-lecture-and-performance/.
DecorahNews.Com Staff. “The Black Fiddle Brings Lore and Lyricism to Vesterheim.” Decorahnews.Com The Fiddle Is Rumored to Contain an Evil Spirit, 25 Sept. 2024, decorahnews.com/news/12934/the-black-fiddle-brings-lore-and-lyricism-to-vesterheim/.
“Hand Me Down the Fiddle: Norwegian Fiddlers, Fiddles, and Fiddle Tunes in the Upper Midwest.” Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, vesterheim.org/exhibits/.
Wikipedia contributors. "Vest-Agder." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 22 Oct. 2024. Web. 3 Dec. 2024.
Wilse, Anders B. “The Historical Legacy of Agder’s Outports.” ArcGIS StoryMaps, Esri, 9 Nov. 2023, storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/fa0190ae4e5f428183bca9e2354371f1.
Effigy Mounds
Anderson, Frank. “Land of the Giants.” Wisconsinology, Wisconsinology, 18 June 2021, www.wisconsinology.com/the-weird/land-of-the-giants.
Andrews, Evan. “The Cardiff Giant Fools The Nation, 145 Years Ago.” History.Com, A&E Television Networks, 17 May 2023, www.history.com/news/the-cardiff-giant-fools-the-nation-145-years-ago.
“Editorial Guide.” Editorial Guide | Indian Affairs, www.bia.gov/guide/editorial-guide#:~:text=The%20term%20%22indigenous%22%20is%20a,Spirit%20Worldwide%20Indigenous%20Peoples%20Conference. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
“Effigy Mounds National Monument (U.S. National Park Service).” National Parks Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 9 Feb. 2024, www.nps.gov/efmo/index.htm.
“Explore Iowa: Effigy Mounds National Monument.” Explore Iowa: Effigy Mounds National Monument - Iowa National Heritage Foundation, 9 June 2016, www.inhf.org/blog/blog/explore-iowa-effigy-mounds-national-monument/.
Hoban, James. “Yellow River State Forest and Effigy Mounds.” Driftless Now, Driftless Now, 6 Mar. 2024, www.driftlessnow.com/stories-1/yellow-river-state-forest-and-effigy-mounds.
Lincoln, Abraham. “Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858].” Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858]. | Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln | University of Michigan Library Digital Collections, 25 Sept. 1848, quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/lincoln2/1:6?rgn=div1%3Bview.
Mrozowski, Stephen. “The History Channel’s Giant Problem.” The Fiske Center Blog, 10 Dec. 2014, blogs.umb.edu/fiskecenter/2014/12/10/the-history-channels-giant-problem/.
Wikipedia contributors. "Giant human skeletons." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 26 Nov. 2024. Web. 3 Dec. 2024.
Ice Cave
Knudson, George E. Decorah Trails and Trolls. Decorah, Luther College Press, 1976.
Knudson, George E. National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form. United States Department of the Interior, 14 October 1974, https://winneshiekcounty.iowa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/96-00477-Decorah-Ice-Cave-NR.pdf.
Knudson, George E., and James Hedges. “Decorah Ice Cave State Preserve.” Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, vol. 80, no. 4, 1973, pp. 178-181, https://scholarworks.uni.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/pias/article/1609/&path_info=08_Decorah_Ice_Cave_State_Preserve.pdf.
Wilder, Frank A., and T. E. Savage. “Geology of Winneshiek County.” Iowa Geological Survey, vol. 16, Iowa Geological Survey, 1905, p. 142, https://www.iihr.uiowa.edu/igs/publications/uploads/AR-16.pdf.
Scorpy
“Decorah Impact Crater.” Visit Decorah, https://visitdecorah.com/decorah-impact-crater/. Accessed 4 December 2024.
Gruss, Shianne. “Researchers Find Giant Fossilized Sea Scorpion.” IIHR University of Iowa, 2 September 2015, https://www.iihr.uiowa.edu/2015/09/02/researchers-find-giant-fossilized-sea-scorpion/. Accessed 4 December 2024.
O’Donnell, Thomas R. “A Huge Iowa Impact’s Role in a Big, Scary Fossil Discovery.” Iowa Science Interface, 14 September 2015, https://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/09/14/a-huge-iowa-impacts-role-in-a-big-scary-fossil-discovery/. Accessed 4 December 2024.
Rogers, Kristin. “Luther College Displays Model of Giant Sea Scorpion Discovered in Our Town Decorah.” KCRG, 13 August 2024, https://www.kcrg.com/2024/08/13/luther-college-displays-model-giant-sea-scorpion-discovered-our-town-decorah/. Accessed 4 December 2024.
Volkmann, Michelle. “Luther College Co-Hosts Welcome Home Party for Decorah Sea Scorpion.” Luther College, 2 November 2022, https://www.luther.edu/news/welcome-home-party-for-decorah-sea-scorpion. Accessed 4 December 2024.
Bily Brothers
Bily Clocks Museum. “The Bily Brothers.” Bily Clocks, https://www.bilyclocks.org/the-bily-brothers. Accessed 4 December 2024.
“Bily Clocks Museum.” Atlas Obscura, 26 October 2016, https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bily-clocks-museum. Accessed 4 December 2024.
“Bily Clocks Museum and Antonin Dvorak Exhibit.” Travel Iowa, https://www.traveliowa.com/places/bily-clocks-museum-and-antonin-dvorak-exhibit/497/. Accessed 4 December 2024.
Dregni, Eric. “Spillville: Bily Clock Museum.” Midwest Marvels: Roadside Attractions Across Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Wisconsin, p. 67-70. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=RsUvRjUXT14C&dq=%22bily+clock+museum%22&pg=PA67#v=onepage&q=%22bily%20clock%20museum%22&f=false.
“Frank L. Bily.” Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11095889/frank-l-bily. Accessed 4 December 2024.
Pohlen, Jerome. “Spillville.” Oddball Iowa: A Guide to Some Really Strange Places, pp. 99-100. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=BgUcucp3NvUC&dq=%22bily+clock+museum%22&pg=PA100#v=onepage&q=%22bily%20clock%20museum%22&f=false.
Wikipedia Contributors. “Bily Clocks Museum.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, 9 July 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bily_Clocks_Museum. Accessed 4 December 2024.
Nisse
Knudson, George E. Decorah Trails and Trolls. Decorah, Luther College Press, 1976.
“Fjønissen.” Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum. Decorah, IA.
Deer
Helbling, Audrey. “Art of Decorah, Part II: #73 Deer Sculpture.” Minnesota Prairie Roots, https://mnprairieroots.com/2018/11/27/the-art-of-decorah-part-ii/art-in-decorah-73-deer-sculpture/.
“Reed, Victoria.” John Michael Kohler Arts Center, https://www.jmkac.org/artist/reed-victoria/. Accessed 3 December 2024.
aUI
Weilgart, W. John. AUI: The Language of Space; for the First Time Represented and Adapted to the Needs of This Planet. [International ed.], Cosmic Communication Co., with S. Chand & Co., New Delhi, 1968.
Weilgart, W. John. AUI : The Language of Space : Pentecostal Logos of Love & Peace, for the First Time Represented and Adapted to the Needs of This Planet. International 4th ed, Cosmic Communication Co., 1979.
“Dr. Weilgart’s Story.” aUI, 2024, auilanguage.space/Dr-weilgart/story.
Lovina B. Blackmarr Benedict
Lovina B Blackmarr Benedict (1823-1899), 2024, www.findagrave.com/memorial/214962674/lovina-b-benedict.
Moore, Joy. Benedict, Lovina (Blackmarr) 1823 – 1899 , 19 May 2024, iagenweb.org/boards/winneshiek/obituaries/index.cgi?read=780043.
Wikipedia contributors. "Orchard Place, Des Moines, Iowa." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 1 Jun. 2024. Web. 3 Dec. 2024.
Below is a list of the pictures we have borrowed to use on this website:
Antonin Dvorak: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000b0mf
St. Wenceslaus Church - Spilville, IA: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hodgram/6105035234
Bily Clocks Building Image and Clock Image: https://www.bilyclocks.org/visit-us