State Tour is back this weekend and bigger than ever. In its 24th year the free, self-guided tour features a record 92 barns, all of which will be open for touring inside and out from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday,

The Iowa Barn Foundation hosts its annual All-State Barn Tour this weekend, where regal, historic and unique barns show off their charm.

Pity the child who has never played in a barn. The child who has never found a newborn litter of puppies nursing in a manger full of old straw and bedding. The child who has never played in a haymow,

One day in 2004, Dale Bartelt drove his wife, Julie, to the overgrown Feldman farm on Highway 61 five or so miles south of Mediapolis.