Remember back to elementary school when field trip days were the best days of the year? Sure, it was always more about getting out of class than about learning something new. But no matter how you look at it, the teachers were right. You're still a more well-rounded person because of those experiences. (They loved saying things like that.)

Now that you're old enough to appreciate these cultural and historical activities, here are seven field trips you can take around Des Moines. You'll learn about the history of our great city, and you don't even have to worry about a classmate puking on the bus on the way there.