Joplin, Missouri T.H. Benson; Bentonville, Arkanses Sam Walton Wal-Mart; Commerce, Oklahhoma Mickey Mantle; Neosho, Missouri; Dallas, Texas; El Dorado, Kansas; St. Louis, Missouri Scott Joplin; Salem, Illinois; Bloomington, Indiana Ernie Pyle; Fairmont, Indiana James Dean; Galesburg Carl Sanburg; Sauk Centre, Minnesota

Bentonville, Arkansas, Sam Walton, Wal-Mart; Missouri Walton Museum; Harry Truman, Lamar Missouri; Tampica, Illinois birthplace of Ronald Reagan; Norfolk, Nebraska Johnny Carson; Mason City, Iowa; Anamosa, Iowa, Stone City, Iowa, West Branch-Herbert Hoover Library; Iowa Countryside; Commerce, Oklahoma Mickey Mantle; Van Meter, Iowa Bob Feller; Corning, Iowa; Red Cloud, Nebraska Willa Cather