16 facts across the U.S.
Alabama is home to the Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, the world's largest fishing competition with over 3,000 anglers and 75,00…
The Turnagain Arm of Alaska's Cook Inlet in the southern part of the state experiences a natural phenomenon known as a t…
Arkansas native, Ben Pearson, is considered to be the father of modern archery in the United States. Born in 1898 in the…
California is the only U.S. state to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. The 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics…
Ancient Hawaiians invented modern surfing. They called it he'e nalu, wave-sliding, and it was practiced by everyone from…
Sun Valley Resort, which opened in Idaho in 1936, was the first destination ski resort in the United States and the firs…
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the largest sports venue in the world by seating capacity, with 257,325 permanent sea…
The first professional baseball game played under pay-for-play conditions took place in Fort Wayne, Indiana on May 4, 18…
The Field of Dreams movie site in Dyersville, Iowa, where Kevin Costner's 1989 film was shot, has become one of the most…
The Kentucky Derby, first run in 1875 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, is the oldest continuously held major sporting e…
Basketball was invented in Springfield, Massachusetts in December 1891 by a Canadian physical education instructor named…
The first game of baseball played under the Knickerbocker Rules, the set of rules that form the foundation of modern bas…
The Cincinnati Red Stockings, founded in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1869, were the first fully professional baseball team in th…
Nike was founded in Eugene, Oregon in 1964 by University of Oregon track athlete Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman…
The first U.S. Open tennis tournament, then called the U.S. National Championships, was held at the Newport Casino in Ne…
The Bonneville Salt Flats in northwestern Utah, a remnant of a prehistoric lake called Lake Bonneville that once covered…