IOWA

Iowa is known as the Hawkeye State, a tribute to Chief Black Hawk, an Iowan Native American.

Iowa is the only state bordered by two navigable rivers, the Missouri River to the west and the Mississippi River to the east.

Iowa is the leading producer of corn in the United States.

Otto Frederick Rohwedder, an Iowan, invented the first bread-slicing machine.

Herbert Hoover was born in West Branch, Iowa, and was the first president born west of the Mississippi.

Effigy Mounds National Monument: This monument features over 200 prehistoric earthen mounds that are sacred to many Native Americans.

Black Angel statue: This 8.5-foot bronze statue in Oakdale Cemetery in Iowa City is surrounded by myths and superstitions.

Iowa State University researchers built and operated the world's first electronic digital computer in the 1930s.

The Fenelon Place Elevator in Dubuque, Iowa, is the world's steepest and shortest railway.

Iowa City was named a UNESCO City of Literature in 2008.