Remembering Southridge Mall
Did you ride the “Hydrotube”? The new season of “Stranger Things” has sparked nostalgic interest in shopping malls. The show highlighted an abandoned mall that was brought back to life [...]
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Posted October 02, 2019in Des Moines Forgotten
Posted September 04, 2019in Des Moines Forgotten
Pope John Paul II’s visit to Iowa in 1979
His leadership at the time continues to be impactful today. I often think about the different parts of my life and how social climates are different. I was born Sept. [...]
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Posted July 31, 2019in Des Moines Forgotten
The Magic Window
Betty Lou Varnum’s show was a safe place for many central Iowa kids. I wish I could have experienced television the way children and adults did back in the 1950s. [...]
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Posted July 03, 2019in Des Moines Forgotten
Greenwood Roadway
Big dreams were behind the Warren County track, as it was to be one of the premiere road-racing tracks in the U.S. In October of 2012, I co-hosted Home Movie [...]
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Posted June 05, 2019in Des Moines Forgotten
Remembering the Iowa Oaks
When America needs a break from the worries of the world… Take me out to the ball game. With summer right around the corner, I felt it was time to [...]
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Posted May 01, 2019in Des Moines Forgotten
Remembering Riverview Amusement Park
Artifacts are still buried under the city-built levee including light posts and the tunnel of love. One of the most talked about places in Des Moines lore comes from the [...]
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Posted April 03, 2019in Des Moines Forgotten
Love found on Film Row
From the 1940s until the late 1980s, major movie studios had offices in Des Moines. Editor’s note: Des Moines Forgotten is a new column by Kristian Day that will focus [...]
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