EASTERN IOWA
, in the Mississippi River hinterland, is liberally sprinkled with agribusiness towns that display the continuing influence of their central and northern European pioneers, plus
religious communities
- Amish, Mennonite and the Amana Colonies. All are easily accessible from
Iowa City
; as home to a huge university it's one of the state's livelier centers. Riverside towns such as northerly
Dubuque
and Burlington, near the Missouri state line, have been enlivened since 1991 by gambling, though so far low-stake poker and roulette games can only be played on board Mississippi paddle-wheelers, decked out in less-than-authentic Mark Twain-era trimmings.
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