♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ Sutter: Welcome to the Field of Dreams.

[ Cheering ] In 1988, Hollywood came here to film a little fantasy baseball movie, and here we are, years later, still enjoying this movie site.

Kohlsdorf: When you find yourself in northeastern Iowa, the Field of Dreams movie site is one of the state's absolute must stops.

Together, a corn field, a baseball diamond, and a classic Hollywood fable made the state world famous and brought with it a true sense of wonder.

Touches so many people because it's a story about a son and his father, and everybody had a father, and everybody wants to reconnect with old friendships and old memories.

And that's what happens here at the Field of Dreams through baseball and through the movie, and just enjoy the purity of what we have here.

Kohlsdorf: The moment visitors drive onto the property, they are transported to the film, from Ray Kinsella's cornfield turned playing field to the iconic farmhouse.

All are welcome to explore the grounds or pick up a bat.

Sutter: It's like the world's longest game of pickup baseball.

You know, people are always here playing catch, swinging the bat, and then they want to go see the corn.

They want to go to the cornfield and walk in and out of the corn, just like the ghosts do, and take pictures of themselves near the corn.

It's probably our most popular activity here.

♪♪♪ Purcell: It's one of the few movies that they did not use soundstages.

It was filmed here over a very hot and humid 1988.

We've got some of the rooms that actually have the same movie memorabilia that was used in the film, so people can come in here and they can feel like they're standing in the movie as it's going on, 'cause literally every room in the house has different scenes that were filmed in it, and what doesn't resonate to one is the most important part to another.

We get over 300,000 visitors a year that stop by to see the Field of Dreams, and they're from all over, not just the country, but all over the world.

And that's why we say it's the world's most famous cornfield.

Purcell: I've had days where I've had more than 180 through the house.

We want to keep it small enough that people can stand comfortably, hear me, and just have their best experience.

♪♪♪ Boy: Whoa!

Woman 2: Whoo!

Sutter: If you're out traveling about, you have to visit the Field of Dreams just because it's such an incredibly unique place.

It definitely screams out Iowa, that "I've visited Iowa."

It really is a must stop if you're in this part of the country.

Purcell: I mean, obviously, the big line from the movie, "Is this heaven?"

You're supposed to say, "No, it's Iowa."

I look at it realistically.

I see it on a daily basis.

You'll see Cubs fans playing with Cardinal fans.

Yankee fans, Dodgers, Democrats, Republicans -- none of that matters here.

That's real world stuff.

We're entertainment.

We're fun.

We're memories.

We're second chances.

I say people behave here like you really wish they did in the real world.

So I say, well, for the time that you're on the property, I think it's got to be pretty close to heaven.

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