Iowa
Iowa is farmland first, and most visitors are either passing through or coming specifically for the Iowa State Fair, which runs for eleven days every August with a butter cow sculpture as its centerpiece.
The Field of Dreams movie site near Dyersville still has the actual baseball diamond cut into the cornfield. Des Moines, the capital, has a livelier downtown than its reputation suggests.
It's not a state built for sightseeing, but it rewards anyone willing to slow down for it.
Cities
Des Moines
Des Moines hosts the Iowa State Fair every August, complete with the famous butter cow carved…
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Dubuque sits on bluffs above the Mississippi River at the point where Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin…
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Iowa City earned a UNESCO City of Literature designation thanks to the University of Iowa's famous…
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