2. American pickers have their own TV show and they look in shacks, buildings, and houses and when they find antique items they buy them from the owners. American pickers have their own shop in Iowa.

3. The butter cow is at the Iowa State Fair every year. The Butter Cow is made 100 percent out of butter.

4. Corn is a major component in many food items like cereals, peanut butter, snack foods, and soft drinks. Corn is also made into a gas called ethanol. It takes 1.5 gallons of ethanol can go more miles than gasoline.

5. Gen. Greenville M. Dodge lived in the Dodge House he was called ‘’The greatest railroad builder of all time’’. The Dodge House has 14 rooms, and a three story mansion it stands on a high terrace overlooking Missouri Valley.

6. The oldest Eastern Goldfinch is11 years old. The Eastern Goldfinch is Iowa’s state bird. In the Winter the Eastern Goldfinch will move in flocks from one location to another for search for food.

7. Field of Dreams is a 1989 American drama film. Field of dreams was filmed at Dubuque County, IA.

8. The Geode is the Iowa state’s rock. The worlds, largest geode is 8 meters in length, 1.8 meters wide and 1.7 meters wide.

9. Herbert Hoover was the 31 st president of the United States of America. Herbert Hoover was born on August 10,1874 in West Branch, Iowa.

10. The Iowa State Fair is held in Des Moines, Iowa. The Iowa State Fair is held every year in Des Moines, Iowa it has a famous attraction called Butter Cow.

11. Shawn Johnson lived in Des Moines, Iowa. Shawn Johnson is a gymnast and she won to medals in 2007 and 2008.

12. Knoxville, Iowa has the sprint car capital. They race sprint cars wildly.

13. Lake Manawa is a lake right by Nissan car selling cars trucks and good deals. Lake Manawa is a place you can go fishing, boating,tubing,and,swimming it has a beautiful park. There are trails and deer you can hunt.

14. The Mississippi river is a good place to go fishing and boating and walk across a beautiful bridge that they made. There was a devastating flood that was sandbagged and tried to stop the flooding.

15. Neloa is a place were there is a movie theater, gym and a gas station and a restraunt called Buck Snort. Neloa has its own school called Tri-Center.

16. The oak tree is Iowa’s state tree. Oak tree’s grow wildly in Iowa.

17. The world largest popcorn ball is held in Sac city Iowa it hold a ginuess world record. Popcorn weighs 910LB the sugar weighs 1, 500 Lb the syrup weighs 690 Lb.

18. Quaker Steak and Lube is a place to go you can have good food you can eat under a car. There are not a lot of these restraints in the United States.

19. The Missouri River is located on the Eastern side of Iowa. You can do a lot of stuff in this lake like river fish, airboat, and more.

20. SQUIRREL HOUSE JAIL The Squirrel House Jail is a museum in Pottawattamie County. The Squirrel House Jail is the only that rotates to each cell.

21. Tractors are useful for plowing corn and planting corn. There are a lot of tractors in the world there are combines, tractors and many more.

22. Underwood has a place called UMBA you can skate there for $4 or hang out with your friends. Underwood has many thing to do like eat at a local restaurant called friends. If you could go to Underwood try the stuff I just talked about.

23. The Villisca house is a old house. In 1912 this normal house became a killing house 6 kids and two adults were murdered that day. Two of the kids were not even were just neighbors.

24. Wheat is made into pizza, bread, cheerios, flour, cakes, dog food and oyster sauce. Wheat is the most wildly grown crop and it is found in thousands of foods.

25. The Basilica Church of Xavier was built in 1888. The church is 200ft tall and it was restored in 2000.

26. The Yellow River is a 53 mile long river. You can fish and canoe.

27. Blank park zoo is located on the south side of Des Moines Iowa This amazing zoo has over 800 animals.