Dyersville: www.dyersville.org. Located in northeast Iowa, 25 west of Dubuque and 60 miles northeast of Cedar Rapids. From Dubuque, take Highway 20 West to exit 294, Iowa 136. From Cedar Rapids, take


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Dyersville: www.dyersville.org. Located in northeast Iowa, 25 west of Dubuque and 60 miles northeast of Cedar Rapids. From Dubuque, take Highway 20 West to exit 294, Iowa 136. From Cedar Rapids, take U.S. 151 North to Iowa 136 North. The closest large airport is Cedar Rapids.
Field of Dreams: Follow Iowa 136 North just past the railroad tracks to Third Avenue. Turn right and drive three miles to Lansing Road. Open daily April 1 to Nov. 30, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free admission. Details at www.leftandcenterfod.com or www.fodmoviesite.com, or call (800) 443-8981 for Left and Center, or (888) 875-8404 for the Lansing family.
National Farm Toy Museum: www.nftmonline.com or (563) 875-2727. Located near the intersection of highways 20 and 136 at 1110 16th Ave. Court SE. Open daily 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; closed Easter Sunday. Adults, $4; children, $1.
St. Francis Xavier Basilica: 104 3rd St. SW; (563) 875-7325. Open daily, sunrise to sundown.
Dyer-Botsford Doll Museum: 331 First Ave. E.; (563) 875-2414. Open May through October, Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday to Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Becker Woodcarving Museum: Located four miles northeast of Dyersville; (563) 875-2087. Open May through October.
Accommodations: Colonial Inn, 1110 Ninth St., (563) 875-7194, $40 nightly rate; Comfort Inn, 527 Sixteenth Ave. SE, (563) 875-7700, $80 nightly rate; and Super 8, 925 Fifteenth Ave. SE, (563) 875-8885, $50 nightly rate.
Tips: There are portable toilets, vending machines and concessions at the Field of Dreams. Many visitors bring baseball equipment, but the Left and Center Field shop lends gloves, bats and balls free of charge. The corn gets higher as the summer wears on, so the best time to see what it looked like when the movie was shot is July to September. The Ghost Players community team appears from noon to 2 p.m. Sundays from June through September.