How cute is this?

The Filling Station in Madrid, IA

No, it’s not a picture from Main Street, USA, circa several decades ago. Once a run-down gas station in Madrid, Iowa, population 2,264, this building has been re-purposed into The Filling Station, a quaint little ice cream shoppe located near the High Trestle Trail, part of the 670-mile Central Iowa Trail System. Serving 8 flavors of hard-pack ice cream, 3 flavors of soft-serve, and of course all the other fun ice cream concoctions you can think of, the Filling Station was named one of the Top 30 Independently owned ice cream shops in the state of Iowa by the Des Moines . . . → Read More: We All Scream for Ice Cream!