25 Rugged Facts About South Dakota
There's much more to the vast Midwestern state than Mount Rushmore.
There's much more to the vast Midwestern state than Mount Rushmore.
There's a reason Great Smoky Mountains National Park is America's most visited national park.
Even if you know Tivoli Gardens from Bakken, we're willing to bet a few kroner there's still a lot you haven't heard about Denmark's capital city.
What do Frank Sinatra, the Jersey Devil, and the pork roll have in common? All three legends were spawned in New Jersey.
19. "Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils," lifelong New Hampshirite John Stark wrote to his fellow veterans in 1809.
23. It's home to the world's only life-size Monopoly board.
2. Remember that little yellow-and-black booklet that got you through 'Julius Caesar'? You can thank a Nebraskan for the Cliff's Notes version.
There's a lot more to this Midwestern town than corn fields.
Learn more about the Valley of the Sun's impressive history.
Learn more about the home of Mark Twain, Harry Truman, and … a Precious Moments museum.
St. Paul was almost named "Pig's Eye," Phoenix was nearly "Pumpkinville," and Topeka is likely the Shawnee word for "wild potato."
16. You can thank this midwestern city for your Pizza Hut habit.
Learn about the region's history, culture, and current political climate.
From funeral parades to breakfast beignets, life in Louisiana is all about celebrating the good times.
6. Mark Twain once called Memphis the "Good Samaritan City of the Mississippi."
13. You can thank Patty Hill, a resident of the Bluegrass State, the next time you launch into "Happy Birthday."
Learn more about the home of sliced bread, John Wayne, and the country's first female lawyer.
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Nobody does weird like Florida.
Wake up and smell the roses ... and the tramcars, and the sidewalks, and the butcher shops...