36. IOWA: Captain James T. Kirk’s Future Birthplace
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That’s really it. A gravemarker-like monument saying it’s Captain James Kirk’s future birthplace in the year 2228. Trekkies all over the world make the trek to Riverside just for this photo. But while it might be iconic, it’s really not.
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True-blood fans of the series know that the Riverside mayor made this up. He read a “making of” feature, learned that Captain Kirk is born in a small town in Iowa, and decided it’s Riverside.
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