27 facts across the U.S.
Cheese dip, sometimes referred to as queso, was created at Mexico Chiquito in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Little Rock h…
The first lollipop making machine was built and patented in New Haven, Connecticut in 1908. The candy's name was inspire…
Known as the sweetest onion in the world, the Vidalia onion can only be grown in the fields of certain counties around V…
Coca-Cola was invented in May 1886 by Dr. John S. Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. The name "Coca-Cola" was suggested by D…
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 produces roughly 99% of all wild blueberries grown in the United States. Wild blueberries are not planted but mana…
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…
The ice cream cone was invented at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, though the exact origin is disputed between several…
Kool-Aid was invented in Hastings, Nebraska in 1927 by Edwin Perkins, who had been running a mail-order business selling…
New Jersey has more diners than any other state in the United States, earning it the undisputed title of the Diner Capit…
New Mexico's official state question is Red or Green, referring to the choice of red or green chile sauce that accompani…
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…
South Carolina actually produces more peaches than Georgia, despite Georgia's famous claim to the title. In most years,…
What is sold as Tennessee whiskey is not legally bourbon, despite being made from bourbon ingredients, because of the Li…
Dr Pepper was invented in Waco, Texas in 1885 by a pharmacist named Charles Alderton who worked at Morrison's Old Corner…
Vermont produces approximately 50% of all maple syrup made in the United States, more than any other state, and about 5%…
Ben and Jerry's ice cream was founded in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont in 1978 by childhood friends Ben…
Washington state produces approximately 70% of all apples grown in the United States. The combination of volcanic soil,…
Starbucks opened its first location at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington in 1971, founded by three partners who s…
Wisconsin produces approximately 25% of all cheese made in the United States, more than any other state, and is home to…