Description
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City
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O'Hare International Airport is routinely ranked among the world's top six busiest airports by passenger traffic
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Chicago
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Known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive background
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Detroit
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Nicknamed the "City of Lakes", [ ] is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks, and waterfalls
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Minneapolis
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The second-most populous city in the Midwest after Chicago
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Columbus
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The city has notable niche markets in amateur sports and auto racing
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Indianapolis
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Its history was heavily influenced by German immigrants in the 19th century
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Milwaukee
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Founded in the 1830s as a port on the Missouri River at its confluence with the Kansas River from the west
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Kansas City
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A port city, connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
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Cleveland
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Founded along the Missouri River, and a crossing called Lone Tree Ferry earned the city its nickname, the "Gateway to the West"
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Omaha
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Point of embarkation for the Corps of Discovery on the United States' sponsored Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase
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St. Louis
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It became a destination for cattle drives traveling north from Texas to Kansas railroads
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Wichita
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Minneapolis is mostly across the Mississippi River to the west. Together, they are known as the "Twin Cities"
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St. Paul
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Has been called the "Chili Capital of America" and "of the World"
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Cincinnati
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In 1869, the University of Nebraska was established `
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Lincoln
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Built in 1794 by the United States Army under the direction of American Revolutionary War general Anthony Wayne
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Fort Wayne
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Located on an isthmus and lands surrounding five lakes
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Madison
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After the 1845 completion of the Miami and Erie Canal, [ ] grew quickly
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Toledo
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The childhood home of U.S. President Gerald Ford
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Grand Rapids
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Fort Dakota, a military reservation established in present-day downtown, was established in May 1865.
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Sioux Falls
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It is the site of the first caucuses of the presidential primary cycle
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Des Moines
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Founded in 1871 on the Red River of the North floodplain
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Fargo
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