Alabama
In Enterprise Alabama there is a monument to the Boll Weevil. It is the only monument in the world dedicated to a pest.
Alaska
Alaska has the lowest population density of any state with less than two people per square mile.
Arizona
The Colt Single Action Army Revolver is the State Firearm of Arizona (Also Waffles Favorite Gun) Arizona is one of six states with an official firearm.
Arkansas
Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas is not only the only place in the U.S where you can find diamonds. It is open to the public and over 600 diamonds are found each year. Visitors are allowed to keep whatever gem they find regardless of value.
California
One out of every eight Americans lives in California.
Colorado
Colorado, with the highest mean elevation of any state as well as the highest low point, is considered to be the "highest state".
Connecticut
The first automobile law was passed by the state of CT in 1901. The speed limit was set at 12 miles per hour.
Delaware
The First Scheduled Railroad in the U.S started in New Castle Delaware in 1831
Florida
South Florida is the only place in the world where both Alligators and Crocodiles live in the wild.
Georgia
Two people from Georgia have won the Nobel Peace Prize, Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King Junior.
Hawaii
The only former royal palace in the United States is Iolani Palace in Hawaii (I read in a book about true ghost stories that its also haunted)
Idaho
Bruneau Dunes State Park contains North America's tallest single structured sand dune. It stands 470 feet high.
Illinois
The worlds first skyscraper was built in Chicago Illinois in 1885 (Also I was born in Illinois)
Indiana
Indiana's shoreline with Lake Michigan is only 40 miles long, but Indiana is still considered a Great Lakes State.
Iowa
Cornell College is the only school in the nation to have its entire campus listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Kansas
The first woman mayor in the United States was Susan Madora Salter. She was elected to office in Argonia in 1887.
Kentucky
Frederick Vinson who was born in Louisa is the only Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court known to be born in jail.
Louisiana
Jazz originated in New Orleans Louisiana.
Maine
Maine has the largest blueberry crop in the entire country. (I've been to the Maine Blueberry festival several times.)
Maryland
The First Dental School in the U.S opened in the University of Maryland
Massachusetts
Boston Common is the first public park in the U.S
Michigan
The Mountain Lion was listed as extirpated from the state by the DNR however the people of the North Peninsula always insisted that they stilled lived there. It has recently been confirmed that the locals were in fact correct and that they still live there.
Minnesota
The climate-controlled Metrodome is the only facility in the country to host a Super Bowl, a World Series and a NCAA Final Four Basketball Championship.
Missouri
The worlds first ice cream cone was invented in Saint Louis Missouri during the Saint Louis Worlds Fair of 1904.
Montana
The average square mile of land contains 1.4 elk, 1.4 pronghorn antelope, and 3.3 deer.
Nebraska
Nebraska is the only state with a unicameral or one house legislature.
Nevada
The Las Vegas Strip is actually not located in Las Vegas but rather just outside of it in Paradise Nevada.
New Hampshire
The first free public library in the United States was established at Peterborough in 1833.
New Jersey
Modern paleontology, the science of studying dinosaur fossils, began in 1858 with the discovery of the first nearly complete skeleton of a dinosaur in Haddonfield, New Jersey. The Hadrosaurus is the official New Jersey state dinosaur.
New Mexico
Taos Pueblo in New Mexico is the oldest continuously inhabited Community in the United States and has been inhabited for over a thousand years.
New York
New York City in New York State is the most populated city in the United States with over eight million people.
North Carolina
Krispy Kreme Doughnut was founded in Winston-Salem.
North Dakota
The Lewis and Clark Expedition encountered their first Grizzly Bear in North Dakota.
Ohio
Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon was from Ohio.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is the only state that produces iodine.
Oregon
Oregon has more ghost towns than any other state
Pennsylvania
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia in 1776.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island is the smallest state in the Country
South Carolina
The State Amphibian of South Carolina is the Salamander
South Dakota
The most complete T-Rex Skeleton was found in South Dakota
Tennessee
Jack Daniels Tennessee Whiskey is ironically produced in a dry county in Tennessee.
Texas
More species of bat live in Texas than any other state.
Utah
Because of the state's inland location Utah's snow is unusually dry. Earning it the reputation of having the world's greatest powder. 14 Alpine ski resorts operate in Utah.
Vermont
Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capital without a McDonalds.
Virginia
Eight United States Presidents were born in Virginia: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson.
Washington State
The world's first soft-serve ice cream machine was located in an Olympia Dairy Queen.
West Virginia
West Virginia was the only state to have around an equal number of both Union and Confederate volunteers during the Civil War.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin produces more milk than any other state.
Wyoming
Wyoming has the lowest population of all 50 United States.
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