I love visiting the Amana’s a couple times a year. If you haven't visited the colonies here is a little info about the area. The Amana Colonies in Amana, Iowa are a group of seven historic villages in east-central Iowa that were founded in 1855 by German Pietist immigrants seeking religious freedom and a simple communal way of life. For nearly 80 years the settlers lived in a self-sufficient communal society, sharing labor, land, and resources, and building farms, mills, shops and homes that sti