Truf may be over the top with the N Dakota stuff, but let's get serious. Iowa is one of the most underrated states in the union. ehhh...only the eastern side, maybe. Iowa City is pretty good, Davenport has the river and that's about it, Cedar Rapids is a dump (that's pre-flood, it's worse now for obvious reasons) and Des Moines is the most boring "big" city I've been to. The Field of Dreams is cool though. I'd much rather live in CR than Des Moines (calling DM a "big city" is kind of funny). It's not aesthetically pleasing, but where in Iowa really is? IMO, CR is easily the second best city to live in, if you must live in Iowa. And all of the cities along the Mississippi suck. Hard. Outside of the Linn/Johnson County area, the state is utterly worthless. It might as well be Nebraska, and that is not a good thing.