Alabama to Alaska: Unusual Records and Historic Purchases
Alabama boasts the world's largest office chair in Anniston, made of steel, standing 33 feet high and weighing 10 tons. Alaska was purchased from Russia for the equivalent of £6 million in 1867, and Russian territory is only 2.4 miles away.
Arizona to California: Bridges and Burgers
Arizona is home to the old London Bridge, relocated to Lake Havasu City after being bought by a real estate developer in 1968. In California, the first McDonald's restaurant opened in San Bernardino by Richard and Maurice McDonald in 1940.
Colorado to Florida: Rectangular Mistakes and Alligator Cohabitation
Colorado was designed by Congress to be a perfect rectangle, but surveying mistakes mean it actually has 697 sides. Florida is the only place where crocodiles and alligators cohabit.
Georgia to Idaho: Coke, Mountains, and Potatoes
Georgia is the birthplace of Coca-Cola and has the world's largest drive-thru restaurant, The Varsity, which can accommodate 800 diners. Hawaii's Mauna Kea mountain is taller than Everest when measured from the ocean floor, at 35,000 feet. Idaho grows a third of all US potatoes and has a potato museum.
Illinois to Iowa: Tallest Man and Bread Slicing
Illinois is the birthplace of Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man at 8 feet 11 inches, born in Alton in 1918. Iowa is where the bread slicing machine was invented in 1928.
Kansas to Louisiana: Flatness and Pyramid Tombs
Kansas, the setting for The Wizard of Oz, has been proven by scientists to be flatter than a pancake. In Louisiana, actor Nicolas Cage has already built a pyramid-shaped tomb for himself in a New Orleans cemetery.
Maine to Massachusetts: Doughnuts and Long Place Names
In 1847, Maine sea captain Hanson Crockett Gregory punched a hole in dough to create the first doughnut with a hole. Massachusetts has the longest place name in the US: Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.
Michigan to Missouri: Hell Freezes Over and Ice Cream Cones
Michigan has a town called Hell that freezes over for 86 days a year. Missouri is where the ice cream cone debuted in St. Louis in 1904.
Montana to Nevada: Giant Snowflakes and Extraterrestrial Highways
In 1887, the world's largest snowflake, measuring 15 inches across, fell in Montana. Nevada is home to Area 51 and has an official Extraterrestrial Highway due to numerous UFO sightings.
New Hampshire to New York: Prison-Made Plates and Yellow Taxis
New Hampshire's license plates, bearing the slogan 'Live Free or Die', are made by prison inmates. New York City's famous yellow taxis were originally red and green.
North Carolina to Ohio: Official Toasts and Traffic Lights
North Carolina is the only state with an official drinking toast. Ohio installed the first electric traffic light in Cleveland in 1914.
Oklahoma to Pennsylvania: Shopping Trolleys and Constitutional Errors
Oklahoma introduced the shopping trolley in 1937, invented by Sylvan Goldman. Pennsylvania's name is misspelled as 'Pensylvania' in the US Constitution.
Rhode Island to South Dakota: Oldest Pub and Unfinished Presidents
Rhode Island boasts the country's oldest pub, The White Horse Tavern, dating to at least 1673. South Dakota's Mount Rushmore was originally meant to show the presidents' torsos, but funds ran out.
Tennessee to Texas: Dollywood and Earth City
Tennessee is the birthplace of Dolly Parton, who has never ridden any rides at her theme park Dollywood due to motion sickness. Texas has the only city on Earth called Earth.
Utah to Virginia: Rubber Chickens and Presidential Births
Utah is the rubber chicken capital of the world, producing 20,000 annually. Virginia has produced the most US presidents, eight, including George Washington.
Washington to Wyoming: Bigfoot Laws and Few Escalators
In Washington, it is officially illegal to shoot the mythical creature Bigfoot. Wyoming has more cows than people and only two escalators.
