St. Olaf, IA

united states

St. Olaf is a tiny farming community of 76 people in northeastern Iowa's Clayton County, about 15 miles from the Mississippi River. Reach it via Highway 18 from McGregor or county roads from Dubuque. The town sits among rolling farmland and takes its name from a Norwegian saint, honoring the Scandinavian settlers who farmed this area in the 1800s.