Jul 10, 2026 · 47 min · 10 segments
In Episode 278 of the ShopNotes Podcast, the crew dives back into your suggestions for the ultimate woodworking road trip, highlighting museums, historic shops, and must-see destinations across Iowa…
That's where we're starting today with comments from last week's episode where the main topic was John's idea about a woodworking tour in Iowa and what kind of sites we could put together and whether we could put together a full tour.
Elfita says, perhaps you could see if there are any Sears catalog houses that are open for touring.
We just collected all the old Sears catalogs and you shuffle the pages together like cards.
Yeah, there are actually, there's a type of house that there's at least six of them in the Des Moines area.
They were... prefab houses, but they were made out of enameled steel panels, both inside and outside.
Not all the ones in town here have garages with them, but they're kind of cool because they don't need any paint and they have definitely their own unique look to them.
Not woodworking related, but still kind of interesting in the history of coming up with houses and stuff like that.
So if you're curious, do a little search on them because they're kind of fascinating places.
I kind of imagine them being delivered on the Wells Fargo wagon, just like coming to town and unloading.
Uh, says I have some kits from when woods, from when the Woodsmith store and the magazine were together, there was an auction or a garage sale 20 plus years ago.
That's where we're starting today with comments from last week's episode where the main topic was John's idea about a woodworking tour in Iowa and what kind of sites we could put together and whether we could put together a full tour.
Elfita says, perhaps you could see if there are any Sears catalog houses that are open for touring.
We just collected all the old Sears catalogs and you shuffle the pages together like cards.
Yeah, there are actually, there's a type of house that there's at least six of them in the Des Moines area.
They were... prefab houses, but they were made out of enameled steel panels, both inside and outside.
Not all the ones in town here have garages with them, but they're kind of cool because they don't need any paint and they have definitely their own unique look to them.
Not woodworking related, but still kind of interesting in the history of coming up with houses and stuff like that.
So if you're curious, do a little search on them because they're kind of fascinating places.
I kind of imagine them being delivered on the Wells Fargo wagon, just like coming to town and unloading.
Uh, says I have some kits from when woods, from when the Woodsmith store and the magazine were together, there was an auction or a garage sale 20 plus years ago.
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