1. You asked what land I love the best
Source: Flickr user Carl Wycoff
Polk County sunrise
2. Iowa, tis Iowa
Source: Flickr user Kris
3. The fairest state of all the West, Iowa, O! Iowa
Source: Flickr user Carl Wycoff
Abandoned Barn
4. From yonder Mississippi’s stream
Source: Flickr user John Kunze
View from atop Eagle Point Park
5. To where Missouri’s waters gleam
Source: Flickr user Don Miller
Briggs Woods Lake
6. O! fair it is as poet’s dream, Iowa, in Iowa
Source: Flickr user _dew_incognito
Church on the campus of Cornell College, Mount Vernon
7. See yonder fields of tasseled corn
Source: Flickr user Don Graham
Cornfield, northwest Iowa
8. Where plenty fills her golden horn
Source: Flickr user Carl Wycoff
Soybean field South of Nevada, Iowa
9. See how her wondrous prairies shine
Source: Flickr user U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
10. To yonder sunset’s purpling line
Source: Flickr user Don Miller
Iowa sunset
11. O! happy land, O! land of mine, Iowa, O! Iowa
Source: Flickr user Don Miller
Briggs Woods Lake
12. Yep, the state song’s awfully corny
Source: Flickr user Phil Roeder
13. Despite what you may have heard, it’s not all about farms and farmers here
Source: Flickr user Carl Wycoff
American Gothic building east of Mount Vernon on the Lincoln Highway
14. We’ve got a wild side, too
Source: Flickr user J. Todd Poling
Juvenile eagle, Iowa
15. They call us the Hawkeye state, see if you can guess why
Source: Flickr user Phil Roeder
Red-tailed hawk in Water Works Park, Des Moines
16. Some of our critters are shy
Source: Flickr user Carl Wycoff
Fawn south of Nevada, Iowa
17. And some are bold
Source: Flickr user Phil Roeder
Bison at Lewis A. Jester Park
18. While others just don’t give a hoot
Source: Flickr user USFWSmidwest
Short-eared Owl at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
19. Iowa’s surprisingly colorful, too
Source: Flickr user Don Miller
Lonely Farm
20. It’s a land of gleaming gold
Source: Flickr user Richard Smith
Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines
21. Sparkling silver
Source: Flickr user Phil Roeder
22. Passionate purple
Source: Flickr user Carl Wycoff
Hosta blooms in Iowa
23. Raging red
Source: Flickr user Phil Roeder
24. Winter wonderland white
Source: Flickr user Singh
Iowa City winter scene
25. Crazy cool blue
Source: Flickr user vanhookc
High Trestle Bridge
26. So is it really any surprise artists are inspired by Iowa?
Source: Flickr user Phil Roeder
27. They create objects so beautiful
Source: Flickr user Phil Roeder
“Nomade”
28. They should be viewed from every angle
Source: Flickr user Phil Roeder
“Nomade”
29. It’s guaranteed to put a big ol’ Iowa grin all across your face
Source: Flickr user David Hilgart
