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Iowa, a state with gently rolling green hills in the Midwest region of the United States, was admitted to the Union in 1846 as the 29th state. The people are very friendly, enjoy good food, and enjoy being in the political hotbed every four years when the Caucuses roll through the state. The state is quite rural, with plenty of fields of corn and soybeans and hog farms, although some cities, namely Des Moines, have a strong metropolitan feel.
The most heavily populated and developed area of Iowa outside of the state capitol, this region is home to the University of Iowa.
Cradled between the Des Moines and Iowa Rivers, Central Iowa is a region with surprising variation, culture, and opportunity oft overlooked by the outside world. The western and eastern edges of this region are defined by the Lœss Hills, which give way to the rolling hillsides and wine regions of Côtes du Des Moines and Côtes du Iowa.
Western Iowa is in the United States of America.
Southwest Iowa is in United States of America.
North Central Iowa is in the Midwest of the United States of America.
Northeast Iowa is in United States of America.
Southeast Iowa is in United States of America.
South Central Iowa is in the Midwest region of the United States of America.
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As published on the Iowa Public Television website. A complete list of the 50 buildings selected by the AIA-Iowa Chapter as the most significant Iowa buildings of the 20th century.
Various Websites. Considered one of baseball's most-treasured landmarks. The field is the same used in the film, Field of Dreams, nominated by the Academy Awards for Best Film of the Year of 1989. The film, based upon W.P. Kinsella's book Shoeless Joe, starred Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones. The field is owned by two families amid much controversy. No admission is charged to visit the field. Various events, including baseball and softball games, take place on the field at various times during the year.
By car
Most people enter (and leave) Iowa via I-80 if coming from the east or west, or I-35 from the north or south. Both interstates are easy to navigate, as are many Midwestern states.
By bus
By train
Amtrak's Chicago/Denver/San Francisco route also makes stops at Omaha (just across the Missouri River from Council Bluffs), Creston (south-central Iowa), and Ottumwa, Mt.
By foot
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state capital and largest city, considered to be the "insurance capital of the U.S." and offers so much of it, served alongside your steak de burgo (a favorite local food, available at many steakhouses)
A half hour's drive north of Des Moines, home of Iowa State University
home of University of Northern Iowa and on the western edge of the larger Waterloo
Iowa's second-largest city
suburb of Omaha, Nebraska, along the Missouri River known for its numerous casinos.
a hilly city along the Mississippi River
home of University of Iowa, just south of Cedar Rapids
Davenport and Bettendorf are in eastern Iowa, and the other three (yes, there are five cities in the Quad Cities) are in Northern Illinois (Iowa can't have it all)
northwest city along Missouri River bank, where Palmer Candies pumps out Twin Bings cherry candy
founded as a German religious community
Effigy Mounds National Monument is a United States national monument in Northeastern Iowa.
serves as a popular in-state getaway, for boating, beaching, theme parks and more
Between May 1804 and September 1806, 32 men, one woman, and a baby traveled from the plains of the Midwest to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. They called themselves the Corps of Discovery
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