Start from 28 curated places around Sioux City, IA, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Miles Inn
A genuine Sioux City institution serving the Charlie Boy, a peppery loosemeat tavern sandwich invented here generations ago. It is cash only with no table service, so order at the bar and pair it with a schooner of beer.
Tacos El Guero
An authentic downtown taqueria for generous street tacos and Mexican plates at honest prices, walkable from the Historic Fourth Street district. Come for the food, not the frills.
Trails & outdoors
Stone State Park
An urban wildlife sanctuary in the heart of the Loess Hills, with more than fifteen miles of hiking and biking trails and ridgeline overlooks that take in three states. The signature loop has real elevation, so wear proper shoes.
Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center
A Loess Hills interpretive center inside Stone State Park, with a walk-under prairie exhibit, a native-fish aquarium, and a couple miles of family trails. Free, and a great soft trailhead up into the hills.
Things to do
Orpheum Theatre
A lavishly restored movie palace, once the largest theater in Iowa, now home to the symphony and a Broadway series. Arrive early to take in the chandeliers and grand staircase, and park a few blocks out.
Tyson Events Center
Sioux City's largest arena, hosting national touring concerts, junior hockey, and indoor football. Catch a Musketeers hockey game for an affordable, fun local night out, and eat downtown first.
Landmarks & sights
Sergeant Floyd Monument
A tall sandstone obelisk on a bluff over the Missouri, marking the grave of the only member of the Lewis and Clark expedition to die on the journey. The bluff setting gives wide river-valley views, best at golden hour.
Sioux City Art Center
A free art museum with a three-story glass atrium and a sculpture garden, home to Grant Wood's restored Corn Room mural, a touchstone of Midwestern Regionalism. Read the placards on how the mural was lost and rediscovered.