Newps sez:
Iowa always claims this but in reality they are a distant second to the
Minnesota State Fair.

Minnesota's bigger and I'm fond of it, but Iowa's pretty nice too. Remember,
this year USA Today tabbed it second on its list of ten best places in the
country to visit.

Opening night I walked the Iowa State Fair Midway and noticed at the squirtgun
race game a young couple gleefully playing, their kids drowsing in two
strollers behind them, all four clean, quiet, content and smiling. There are
many places in the world worse to be. :-)