Dubuque is on the Mississippi River, at the Illinois and Wisconsin borders. Iowa's oldest city, was established in 1833. This historic city features unique architecture, breath-taking views and entertainment options that lure millions of visitors each year. Now the eighth largest city in Iowa, Dubuque offers career and business opportunities in pace with today's technology-driven economy, yet it features a small town's warmth, friendliness and freedom from hassles.

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Some Attractions Include:

Antiques: More than 50 antique shops in the area.

Crystal Lake Cave: A natural living cave with a panoramic view of beautiful, intricate and rare formations.

Diamond Jo Casino: A full-service casino and entertainment facility, it offers 650 slot and video machines, blackjack, craps, roulette, Caribbean Stud, Let-It-Ride and a live poker room.

Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: Features award-winning accredited All-American Rose gardens, water features, outstanding berms of annual and perennial flowers, "Seed Savers Display Gardens," orchards, prairie grasses, wildflowers, vines, cacti, ground covers, ornamental trees and shrubs and it has the country's largest public hosta garden.

Dubuque Cultural Corridor: Includes Dubuque Museum of Art, Mississippi Mud Studios, Rocco Buda Arts Gallery, Fourth Street Gallery, Julien Art Centre, Brownstone Gallery, Germain Fine Art.

Dubuque Greyhound Park & Casino: Feel the thrill of live greyhound racing from May through October, and simulcast racing year-round from tracks across the country. The casino is open year round and features more than 500 slot machines.

Dubuque Museum of Art: It contains regular exhibits and special shows throughout the season, including local and national artists.

Eagle Point Park: The 164-acre park overlooks the Mississippi River and provides views of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois.

Farmers Market: Visit the area-wide market selling handmade and homegrown products.

Fenelon Place Elevator: World's shortest, steepest scenic railway. Constructed in 1882, the lift is 296 feet long, elevating passengers 189 feet from Fourth Street to Fenelon Place.

Festivals: Dubuquefest, All That Jazz, Native American Days, Catfish Festival, Dubuque County Fair, and Riverfest.

Five Flags Theater: Built as the Majestic Theater in 1910, it was designed by Rapp and Rapp, who would go on to become the country's leading theater designers.

Gen. Zebulon Pike Lock & Dam No. 11: The structure, completed in 1937, is 4,818 feet long and contains 16 gates.

Grand Opera House: The oldest theater in Dubuque, has offered continuous entertainment since it first opened in 1890.

Heritage Trail: A 26-mile-long, 100-foot-wide conservation and recreation corridor along an abandoned railroad in the scenic Little Maquoketa River Valley.

Julien Dubuque Monument: Honoring the founder of the city, the monument is erected over his grave on a high bluff overlooking the Mississippi River.

E.B. Lyons Prairie Woodland Preserve: This 37-acre tract has an interpretive nature center, several miles of hiking trails and the headquarters for the Mines of Spain.

Mathias Ham House: It is a Victorian historic home site. This 23-room limestone Italianate villa has been restored to reflect the splendor and lives of the Ham family in ante-bellum Dubuque.

Mines of Spain: The 1,380 acre area includes steep, wooded limestone blufflands, remnants of early 1800s era lead mines, an interpretive nature center, displays and hiking trails.

National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium: Enjoy dynamic aquariums, historical exhibits and a stroll through the wetlands and boatyard. Each visit is a truly interactive experience where visitors can get "up close and personal" with live critters and become barge pilots in a pilot house simulator. Tour the steamboat William M. Black and watch as a boat is launched into the Mississippi River. The National Rivers Hall of Fame also is housed at the site. The Museum & Aquarium interprets 300 years of river history with displays and hands-on activities.

Old Shot Tower: Dubuque's Shot Tower stands on the riverfront as a unique memorial to the early munitions industry. The tower produced lead shot during the Civil War.

Spirit of Dubuque: Iowa's only authentic paddle wheeler, the Spirit of Dubuque cruises daily, May-October with Sightseeing Cruises.

Swiss Valley Nature Preserve: Park features a visitor center containing interpretive displays of nature, hiking and cross-country skiing trails.

Trolleys of Dubuque, Inc.: Enjoy a nostalgic ride on one of Dubuque's old-fashioned transportation forms and see the panoramic view of Dubuque, the Mississippi River, Illinois and Wisconsin.

Victorian House Tour and Progressive Dinner: Held at four of Dubuque's loveliest old mansions. At each stop, you'll receive a tour of the house and introduction to its history, plus an elegantly served dinner course.