Random Iowa

Our biggest apologies to the city of Brooklyn! Due to a miscalculation we arrived there on Sunday with the sun too low to take any good pictures. We also tried to stop by on Tuesday but ran into a storm. Hopefully the third time will be the charm!

This week we will be heading to Brooklyn, Iowa ! View Larger Map Sharing a name with one of the five boroughs of New York City , this city of around 1,400 people (as of 2000) is known as the Community of Flags , and I'm sure you will be seeing a few flags in our photographs! Aerial View of Brooklyn, New York. Source: Commons / Flickr / Kris Arnold What sights do you think we should look to document in Brooklyn? Have your own interesting shots of this place? Feel free to share them via the comments section below! Links Brooklyn, Iowa website Wikipedia article for Brooklyn, Iowa (as it stands today)

I'm pleased to announce that we've launched a mobile version of the site, thanks to the folks at MoFuse ! Point your mobile/cell/smart phones to m.randomiowa.com to find out where we are headed and our most recent photos while on the go! Or, if you are so inclined, here is the QR code :

Our first trip to an Iowa county instead of a specific city yielded some great results. Firstly the weather was perfect for being outside, and secondly we were able to take photographs for not one but three different articles on Wikipedia! At this pace I'm sure we will be able to take care of those 1,300 or so articles needing photos in no time at all! Ankeny Regional Airport Elkhart, Iowa Alleman, Iowa 16 shots were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, with seven added to Wikipedia. Links Ankeny, Iowa pictures on Wikimedia Commons Updated Ankeny Regional Airport article on Wikipedia Elkhart, Iowa pictures on Wikimedia Commons Updated Elkhart, Iowa article on Wikipedia Alleman, Iowa pictures on Wikimedia Commons Updated Alleman, Iowa article on Wikipedia

A change in tactics for this week! As it is getting more difficult to find places fitting our criteria within a "commutable" distance, we have decided to also start visiting different counties around Iowa looking for places to photograph. This has been helped by a kind person who divided up the list of needed photographs on Wikipedia by county! Today we will be visiting Polk County, Iowa ! Formed in 1846 and named after the 11th President of the United States , Polk County is home to Des Moines, the state capitol, and an estimated population in 2007 of 418,339. President James K Polk. Source: Commons / Mathew Brady Some of the requested photographs include: Ankeny Regional Airport Blank Park Zoo Elkhart, Iowa Living History Farms Runnells, Iowa What sights do you think we should look to document in Polk County? Have your own interesting shots of this place? Feel free to share them via the comments section below! Links List of Wikipedia requested photographs in Polk Count