St. Louis Author, Dean Klinkenberg, vir­tu­ally lived in the Quad Cities in the sum­mers of 2007 and 2008 explor­ing any place that might inter­est vis­i­tors. The John Deere fac­tory tour reduced him to a giddy 10-year old; and neigh­bor­hood bars intro­duced him to the daily lives of Quad Cities’ res­i­dents. Festivals, the arts, attrac­tions, and his­tor­i­cal research kept him busy fill­ing the pages of what would become a detailed and information-packed Quad Cities travel guide.