Ok I am gone from Iowa so I can tell this story....
I was at a "what I thought was a supposdly nice upscale 3 star" hotel in downtown DesMoines..........lol what a joke.........It is a historic old hotel with antique furniture,...........I asked the desk guy to come show me how to turn the air conditioner on...He came in and opened my window.He says that they have no air conditioner cause its an old hotel...he then says they have fans on the roof that circulate thru to the rooms if you open window and turn a certain switch on...WTF???? I never heard of such stupidness!!! I had to go buy a fan from Dollar Store..and now it can get very loud outside with a window open!!
I found out that the hotel was built in 1918 and hosted over 10 presidents/Charles Lindberg/and even Mae West!~
kinda cool to know the history...even though the hotel was worn out & uncomfortable...they are going to close it and do a huge renopvation.Might be a cool place then!