The Heartland

Richland, Missouri, is the only city in the U.S. with a cave restraunt.

Kansas really is flatter than a pancake. Scientists proved it when they compared the topography of Kansas against that of a pancake from IHOP.

There are more hogs than humans in Iowa. As of 2013, the state’s hog population was 21.2 million animals, whereas the human population was just north of three million.

There are 69,200 miles of rivers and streams in Minnesota. That's enough to circle the equator 2 3/4 times!

South Dakota’s most famous landmark is Mount Rushmore National Memorial, a larger-than-life sculpture that was carved into the side of a granite mountain in the Black Hills between 1927 and 1941. Constructed to attract tourists to the remote area, it features the faces of four U.S. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Although each awe-inspiring head is 60 feet high, the entire project took only 14 years and less than $1 million to complete

North Dakota may, or may not, be the 39th state to have joined the union. Turns out North and South Dakota joined at the same time (as if people didn’t already have enough trouble telling them apart!), and then-Secretary of State James Blaine shuffled up the paperwork so no-one would know which state was first to sign. The reason why North Dakota is listed in the #39 spot while South Dakota takes #40 is just because of alphabetical order, that’s all.

If you’ve always wanted to see 39 automobiles arranged like Stonehenge, you’re in luck. Alliance, Nebraska, is home to just such a site. "Carhenge" is the brainchild of artist Jim Reinders, who made the sculpture to honor his deceased father