37 facts across the U.S.
Arkansas native, Ben Pearson, is considered to be the father of modern archery in the United States. Born in 1898 in the…
The first true Walmart store opened in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962. Operated by visionary businessman Sam Walton, the store…
Finance and insurance is Connecticut's largest industry, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Major financial industry e…
Coca-Cola was invented in May 1886 by Dr. John S. Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. The name "Coca-Cola" was suggested by D…
While pineapples are practically synonymous with Hawaii, the fruit is not native to the islands and originated in South…
Orville Redenbacher, the man whose name became synonymous with popcorn, was born in Brazil, Indiana in 1907 and spent de…
Cedar Rapids, Iowa has been the home of the Quaker Oats Company since 1873, making it the oatmeal capital of the world.…
Pizza Hut was founded in Wichita, Kansas in 1958 by brothers Dan and Frank Carney with a $600 loan from their mother. Th…
Approximately 95% of all bourbon whiskey in the world is produced in Kentucky, and the state takes the distinction serio…
Tabasco hot sauce has been made on Avery Island, Louisiana by the McIlhenny family since 1868. Edmund McIlhenny, a banke…
Maine's lobster industry accounts for roughly 80% of all lobster caught in the United States and is the backbone of the…
The town of Dunstable, Massachusetts is the birthplace of Dunkin', which opened its first location in Quincy, Massachuse…
In 1894, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and his brother Will Keith Kellogg accidentally invented cornflakes at the Battle Creek…
Henry Ford didn't invent the automobile, but he fundamentally changed who could own one. When Ford introduced the moving…
Motown Records was founded in Detroit, Michigan in 1959 by Berry Gordy Jr. with an $800 loan from his family. Within a d…
Both Scotch tape and Post-it Notes were invented at 3M, the manufacturing company headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota.…
Kool-Aid was invented in Hastings, Nebraska in 1927 by Edwin Perkins, who had been running a mail-order business selling…
Warren Buffett, consistently ranked among the wealthiest people in the world, has lived in the same house in Omaha, Nebr…
Nevada produces about 75% of all gold mined in the United States and is the fourth largest gold-producing jurisdiction i…
Las Vegas did not exist as a significant settlement until the railroad arrived in 1905, and the city as it is known toda…
New Jersey has more diners than any other state in the United States, earning it the undisputed title of the Diner Capit…
The Bakken Formation, a rock unit buried roughly two miles beneath the surface of North Dakota and parts of Montana, is…
Oklahoma is the only state in the United States where the grounds of the state capitol building contain active oil wells…
Nike was founded in Eugene, Oregon in 1964 by University of Oregon track athlete Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman…
Hershey, Pennsylvania, home of the Hershey Company, produces over 70 million Hershey's Kisses every single day. The town…
Del's Lemonade, a frozen lemonade made from a recipe brought to Rhode Island by Italian immigrant Angelo DeLucia in 1948…
Charleston, South Carolina was the wealthiest city in North America in the decades before the Revolutionary War. Its wea…
Wall Drug in Wall, South Dakota began as a struggling pharmacy in 1931 that attracted no customers until owner Ted Huste…
What is sold as Tennessee whiskey is not legally bourbon, despite being made from bourbon ingredients, because of the Li…
Nashville's Music Row, a cluster of recording studios, publishing houses, and record labels concentrated in a small neig…
Dr Pepper was invented in Waco, Texas in 1885 by a pharmacist named Charles Alderton who worked at Morrison's Old Corner…
The King Ranch in south Texas, founded in 1853 by steamboat captain Richard King, covers 825,000 acres, making it larger…
Ben and Jerry's ice cream was founded in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont in 1978 by childhood friends Ben…
Starbucks opened its first location at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington in 1971, founded by three partners who s…
Microsoft was founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen but relocated to the Seattle area…
West Virginia has the highest mean elevation of any state east of the Mississippi River, a mountainous terrain that hist…
The Ringling Brothers Circus was founded in Baraboo, Wisconsin in 1884 by five brothers: Al, Otto, Alf T., Charles, and…