Iowa: Butter Cow at the Iowa state fair
Price: $8 for an adult ticket, if purchased before Aug.10
Location: East of Des Moines
Tickets to the Iowa State Fair are only $8, and there's plenty of music and food to go around. However, one of the coolest thing to do on the fairgrounds is view the Butter Cow, an ornate sculpture made every year from about 600 pounds of pure-cream Iowa butter.