• Iowa ranks as the #1 state in egg, soybean, hog, and corn production
  • Des Moines, Iowa, is the third largest international insurance center after London, England, and Hartford, Connecticut
  • The Eskimo Pie was invented by an Iowa candy store owner after watching a young boy unable to decide between an ice cream bar or a chocolate bar
  • Iowa is home to the most crooked street in the world – Snake Alley in Burlington
  • The term “Winnebago” derives from the town of Winnebago, Iowa, where the motorhomes are manufactured
  • 92% of Iowa is farmland and 25% of its citizens reside there
  • Iowa is the only state whose eastern and western borders are formed entirely by rivers