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# Kalona is the largest Amish community west of the Mississippi River.
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# The state's lowest elevation point (at 480 feet) is in Lee County.
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# The Holliwell Bridge is the longest bridge in Madison County.
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# Francis Drake was 66 years old at his inauguration and Iowa's oldest governor.
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# Iowa's oldest continually running theater is in Story City.
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# The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art houses the largest collection of Grant Wood artwork.
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# Fenlon Place Elevator in Dubuque is the world's steepest and shortest railway.
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# Wright County has the highest percentage of grade-A topsoil in the nation.
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# Quaker Oats, in Cedar Rapids, is the largest cereal company in the world.
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# The Saint Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville is the only basilica in the United States situated outside a major metropolitan area.
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# Clarion is the only county seat in the exact center of the county.
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# Dubuque is home to the only county courthouse with a gold dome
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# Cornell College is the only school in the nation to have its entire campus listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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# The Sergeant Floyd Monument in Sioux City honors the only man to die during the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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# Maynard Reece is the only artist to win the Federal Duck Stamp competition five times.
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