This page features Iowa family vacation ideas including things to do with kids, and family-friendly hotels with vacation packages. Best places for family vacation fun include Adventureland Amusement Park, King's Pointe Waterpark Resort, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Putnam Museum and IMAX, and Blank Park Zoo. Count prairies dogs or visit a Quaker school house; ride the Fort Madison Farmington & Western Railroad and don’t miss Historic Amana Colonies. Enjoy horseback rides, hay rides, and corn mazes.