One of the six remaining covered bridges in Madison County. Each fall, as the leaves in Madison County begin to turn, thousands make their way to Winterset for a celebration that bridges history, ...

“There are songs that come free from the blue-eyed grass, from the dust of a thousand country roads. This is one of them.” These are the first words stemming from the first line of the Foreword in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Timber Lake Playhouse closes its 2025 mainstage season with The Bridges of Madison County, onstage Sept. 12 through 21, 2025.

Madison County, Iowa, once home to 19 covered bridges, now has six, five of which are on the National Register of Historic Places. The bridges gained fame after Robert James Waller's 1992 novel, "The ...

Based on the best-selling novel, and developed by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Songs for a New World) and Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman, The Bridges of ...

Based on Robert James Waller’s best-selling novel, The Bridges of Madison County is a musical that breathes romance, desire, and sacrifice. After marrying an American soldier to escape Italy at the ...

Covered bridges from a bygone era embrace a romantic view of Iowa, inspiring a bestselling novel, a Hollywood movie, and a Broadway show that launched its touring production in Iowa. As part of a USA ...