Jay Honeck wrote:
You guys kill me. There are whole forests here, and lakes, and big
(well, okay, not that big) hills, and some pretty nice river
valleys.

And Iowa has mountains - just like Illinois!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzEmYn1XSRc

"That's one of my favorite mountains in Illinois back there."
- Tom Servo, MST3K

(And that's not all you see on that youtube selection - Peter Graves
enrolls at the University of Minnesota!

Oh - and beware the giant grasshoppers.)