<p>The traditional places to eat…</p>
<p>Hickory Park for lunch/dinner…an Ames and Iowa State institution.
Great Plains Sauce and Dough…pizza in downtown Ames and an Ames and Iowa State institution.
Grab a coffee at the Caribou Coffee in the Hub on central campus…weather permitting sit outside.
Coffee and lunch at Stomping Grounds in Campustown…about a block from campus.
Sandwich at West Side Deli…delicious…about 2 blocks form State Gym.
Eat at one of the restaurants about a mile north of campus on Stange Road…The Cafe is one of Iowa’s best restaurants. +39 is hip,new, and pretty good.</p>
<p>Things to do…</p>
<p>Stop by the horse barn on campus and pet the new foals…
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<p>Visit Reiman Gardens…
<a href=“http://www.reimangardens.com/”>http://www.reimangardens.com/</a></p>
<p>Iowa State has an extensive outdoor public art collection, many in out of the way places.
<a href=“http://www.museums.iastate.edu/AOCfactsheets.html”>http://www.museums.iastate.edu/AOCfactsheets.html</a>
<a href=“http://www.journeythroughartoncampus.blogspot.com/”>http://www.journeythroughartoncampus.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>Make sure to view the Grant Wood WPA murals in the Library.</p>
<p>Drive by the stadium and athletic complex.</p>
<p>If interested, walk through the Greek Row area.</p>
<p>Go through State Gym.</p>
<p>Make sure you wonder through the paths on east campus near the Knoll and the old residence halls. The standard tour probably won’t take you there but it is a wonderful part of campus.</p>
<p>Don’t step on the Zodiak in the MU and take your hat off if you enter through Gold Star Hall…
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<a href=“Gold Star Hall | Memorial Union”>http://www.mu.iastate.edu/en/about_the_mu/gold_star_hall/</a></p>
<p>My son is a frosh at Iowa State. We are from Iowa. He absolutely loves Iowa State. I can’t say enough good things about the university. They have a fantastic president and are doing some great things.</p>
<p>What majors?</p>
<p>Any other questions, just ask. </p>