Iowa

• Elk Horn is the largest Danish rural settlement in the United States.

• The state of Iowa has roughly 3 million people in the state, but the state is also home to about 12 million pigs.

• Riverside, Iowa enjoys the unique status of being the future birthplace of one James Tiberius Kirk, Captain of the starship USS Enterprise.

• Iowa is the only state whose name starts with two vowels.

• The Kevin Costner movie “Field of Dreams” was set in Dubuque.


• It is illegal to accept a gratuity or tip in Iowa.

• One-armed piano players must perform for free.

• Ministers must obtain a permit to carry their liquor across state lines.

• It is illegal to hunt from an aircraft.

• Fort Madison - The fire department is required to practice fire fighting for fifteen minutes before attending a fire.

• Mount Vernon - One must obtain written permission from the City Council before throwing bricks onto a highway.

• Cedar Rapids - It is illegal to read peoples palms in the city limits.

• Ottumwa - Within the city limits, a man may not wink at any woman he does not know.

• Mount Vernon - No person may pick a flower from a city park.

• Dubuque - Any hotel in the city limits must have a water bucket and a hitching post in front of the building.


• Sac City - World's Largest Popcorn Ball - Unofficial weight 9,370 pounds. Placed on display in a roadside building with a window, July 1, 2016.

• The largest strawberry in the world is fiberglass, and it sits in Strawberry Point, just a few miles away from Backbone State Park, Iowa’s oldest state park.

• The World's Steepest And Shortest Railway Is In Iowa - The Fenelon Place Elevator in Dubuque is a few-minute ride up an incline that provides some of the best river views in Dubuque.

• Britt - is the home of the National Hobo Museum, and they also host the National Hobo Convention, which includes a parade, arts and crafts, entertainment and historical information.

• Fredonia - Drive A 1914 Road Built by Convicts - One of the first concrete roads built outside of a city in the entire U.S. The 16-foot-wide road looks tiny today, but it was a major highway in 1914.