More than a century and a half after its founding, the Iowa State Fair is the state s central institution, event, and symbol. New Jersey has the Shore; Kentucky has the Derby; Iowa has the Fair. The humble Iowa State Fairground ranks alongside the Great Pyramids at Giza and the Taj Mahal in the best-selling travel guide "1,000 Places to See Before You Die." During its annual run each August, the fair attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors who make the pilgrimage to the fairground to see the iconic butter cow, to ride the Old Mill, to walk through the livestock barns, and to people-watch....
More than a century and a half after its founding, the Iowa State Fair is the state s central institution, event, and symbol. New Jersey has the Shore...