Iowa’s state rock is all over the state’s southeast corner, but to find one you need to know someone. “There’s tons of geodes over here, but nobody has opened it up to the public,” said Kirk ...

Keokuk geodes attract rock-hunting hobbyists from all over, but just how easy is it to find one? “As a young kid, we used to go to the Mississippi over there and go fishing,” Mike Shumate recalled.

There's something distinctly mysterious and cool about geodes... rocks hidden in plain sight that contain a astonishing array of crystals within, just waiting to be discovered. There are a lot of ...