Iowa

Cedar Rapids Has Been Called "Cereal City" Since 1873, When the World's Largest Oat Mill Was Built There. Its Actual Largest Employer Now Makes Aerospace Microchips, and It's Nearly Ten Times the Size.

Des Moines Has Built Its Economy Twice on the Same Bet: the Cheapest Place in America to Keep Something Safe.

Nevada and Iowa Have Almost the Same Population. One Has Eight Louis Vuitton Stores. The Other Has None.

Rural Counties Rely on Public Assistance at a Higher Rate Than Cities Do. Which Word Gets Used for That Reliance Depends on Who the Country Pictures Receiving It.

The trade we keep remaking

Purity, twice