Iowa’s Amana Colonies are not Amish! Come meet the past while enjoying right now.

Iowa’s Amana Colonies lived communally until 1932. Today their innovative past and welcoming hospitality draw visitors by the thousands. John McGivern is reminded of a simpler time at the Meat Shop, the Woolen Mill and Schanz Furniture, and very grateful for present amenities at Whirlpool Corp, the Ox Yoke Inn and Millwright Hotel.

Featured Locations Include:
0:00 Intro
2:00 Seven Separate Villages
2:54 History of Amana Colonies
3:41 Amana Community Church
6:05 Communal Kitchen Museum & Cooper Shop
8:05 High Amana General Store
8:26 Amana Meat Shop & Smokehouse
10:24 The Seven Villages Names
11:07 Schanz Funiture & Refinishing
13:11 Wine
13:58 Hotel Millwright @hotelmillwright4312
15:43 Amana Woolen Mill
17:43 Whirlpool Corporation @Whirlpoolcorp
19:34 Whirlpool Corporations’s Wastewater
19:55 Amana Farms
21:47 Cemetery Order
22:11 Amana Furniture & Clock Shop
22:35 Ox Yoke Inn @oxyokeinnamana37
24:31 Outro

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