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Here's a light look at America's 50 States, in what we like to call The Union Breakdown:
Alabama
Important Cities: Montgomery (capital), Birmingham, Mobile
Population, 4,530,182
Most Humorous State Law: It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that cases laughter in church.
Famous Alabamans: Hank Aaron, George Washington Carver, Nat “King” Cole, Helen Keller, Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks
Motto: Audemus jura nostra defendere (We dare defend our rights.”
Alaska
Major Cities: Anchorage, Juneau (capital), Fairbanks
Population: 626,932
State Nickname: Land of the Midnight Sun
Most Humorous State Law: It is considered illegal to push a live moose from a moving airplane.
Famous Alaskans: Depends on what you mean by “famous,” but I’ll be damned if Alaska isn’t the biggest darn state there is.
Arizona
Important Cities: Phoenix (capital), Tucson, Mesa
Population: 1,388,416
Most Beloved Gunfight: The shootout at the O.K. Corral
Most Humorous State Law: When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person possesses.
Famous Arizonians: Apache Kid, Cesar Chavez, Alice Cooper, Wyatt Earp, Geronimo, Barry Goldwater, Linda Ronstadt
Arkansas
Important cities: Little Rock (capital), Fort Smith, Fayetteville
Population: 2,673,400
Most Humorous State Law: The Arkansas River can rise no higher than to the Main Street Bridge in Little Rock.
Most Notorious Adulterer: William Jefferson Clinton
Famous Arkansans: Maya Angelou, Johnny Cash, John Grisham, Scott Joplin, Douglass Macarthur, Sam Walton
California
Important Cities: Sacramento (capital), Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Long Beach, Fresno, Sacramento, Oakland, Anaheim
Population: 33,871,648
Motto: Eureka! (I have found it!)
Most Humorous State Law: No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
Governator: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Famous Californians: Shirley Temple Black, Julia Child, Joe DiMaggio, Bret Harte, Marilyn Monroe, Richard M. Nixon, Sally Ride, Upton Sinclair, John Steinbeck
Colorado
Important Cities: Denver (capital), Colorado Springs, Aurora, Fort Collins
Population: 4,301,261
Rockiest Mountains: The Rockies
Most Humorous State Law: It is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep.
Famous Coloradans: Tim Allen, Don Wilson, Jack Dempsey
Connecticut
Important cities: Hartford (capital), Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford
Population: 3,405,565
Most Humorous State Law: In order for any pickle to be officially considered a pickle, it must bounce.
Contribution to the Ivy League: Yale University
Famous Nutmeggers: Benedict Arnold, P.T. Barnum, John Brown, Nathanial Hale, Mark Twain, Noah Webster
Delaware
Important Cities: Dover (capital), Wilmington, Newark
Population: 783,600
Most Humorous State Law: It is illegal to wear pants that are “firm fitting” around the waste.
Most Boring State in the Union: Delaware
Famous Delawareans: I.E. du Pont, Thomas Garrett, Valerie Bertinelli
District Of Columbia
Florida
Important Cities: Tallahassee (capital), Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Orlando
Population: 15,982,378
Largest Mouse: Mickey
Most Humorous State Law: It is considered an offense to shower naked.
Famous Floridians: Zora Neale Hurston, Jim Morrison, Sidney Poitier, Burt Reynolds, Clarence Thomas
Georgia
Important cities: Atlanta (capital), Columbus, Athens, Richmond
Population: 8,186,453
Best Known March to the Sea: Sherman’s
Most Humorous State Law: All Citizens must own a rake.
Famous Georgians: James Brown, Jimmy Cater, Ray Charles, Ty Cobb, Martin Luther King, Jr., Gladys Knight, Little Richard, Alice Walker
Hawaii
Important Cities: Honolulu (Capital), Hilo, Kailua, Kaneohe
Population: 1,211,537
Day That Will Live in Infamy: Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
Most Humorous State Law: Within the limits of any public park, it is unlawful to annoy any bird.
Famous Hawaiians: Tia Carrere, Don Ho, Kamehameha I, Kamehameha V, Queen Liliuokalani, Bette Middler
Idaho
Important Cities: Boise (capital), Nampa, Idaho Falls
Population: 1,293,953
Most Delicious Root: Potato
Most Humorous State Law: Illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds
Famous Idahoans: Earnest Hemmingway, Ezra Pound, Sacagawea,
Illinois
Important Cities: Springfield (capital), Chicago, Aurora, Rocford
Population: 12,419,293
Origin of Name: Algonquin for “Tribe of Superior Men”
Most Humorous State Law: The English Language may not be spoken.
Famous Illinoisans: Ray Bradbury, Raymond Chandler, Walt Disney, Carlton Heston, Wild Bill Hickok, Bill Murray, Bob Newhart, Richard Pryor, Ronald Reagan
Indiana
Important Cities: Indianapolis (capital), Fort Wayne, Evansville, Gary
Population: 6,237,569
Most Humorous State Law: Smoking in the state legislature building is banned, except when legislature is in session.
Indian Uprisings: Frequent, before 1811
Famous Hoosiers: Larry Bird, James Dean, Jimmy Hoffa, Michael Jackson, David Letterman, Shelly Long, Cole Porter, Dan Quayle, Red Skelton, Rex Stout, Kurt Vonnegut
Iowa
Important Cities: Des Moines (capital), Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Sioux City
Population: 2,954,451
Trouble, with a Capitol T, that rhymes with P that stands for Pool: Right here in River City
Most Humorous State Law: The “Ice Cream Man” and his truck are banned.
Famous Iowans: Buffalo Bill Cody, Johnny Carson, George H. Gallup, Glenn Miller, John Wayne
Kansas
Important Cities: Topeka (capital), Wichita, Overland Park, Kansas City
Population: 2,735,502
Best Known Court Hearing: Scopes “Monkey” Trial
Most Humorous State Law: Musical car horns are banned.
Famous Kansans: Fatty Arbuckle, Walter P. Chrysler, Bob Dole, Amelia Earhart, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Buster Keaton
Kentucky
Important Cities: Frankfort (capitol), Lexington, Fayette, Louisville
Population: 4,145,922
Chicken: Fried.
Most Humorous State Law: A woman may not buy a hat without her husband’s permission.
Famous Kentuckians: Muhammad Ali, George Clooney, Jefferson Davis, Johnny Depp, David Griffith, Ashley Judd, Abraham Lincoln, Hunter S. Thompson
Louisiana
Important Cities: Baton Rouge (capital), New Orleans, Shreveport
Population: 4,515,770
Fattest Day of the Weak: Tuesday
Most Humorous State Law: It is illegal for a woman to drive a car unless her husband is waving a flag in front of it.
Famous Louisianans: Louis Armstrong, Truman Capote, Fats Domino, Bryant Gumbel, Jerry Lee Lewis, Huey Long, Wynton Marsalis
Maine
Important Cities: Augusta (capital), Portland, Lewiston, Bangor
Population: 1,317,253
Most Delicious Sea Creature: Lobster
Most Humorous State Law: You may not step out of a plane in flight.
Famous Mainers: F. Lee Bailey, Stephen King, Geroge Putnam, Marston Morse
Maryland
Important Cities: Annapolis (capital), Baltimore, Frederick
Population: 5,558,058
Most Delicious Sea Creature: Crab
Most Humorous State Law: It is a violation of Baltimore city code to sell chicks or ducklings to a minor within 1 week of the Easter holiday.
Famous Marylanders: John Barth, John Wilkes Booth, Frederick Douglass, Philip Glass, Francis Scott Key, Frank Perdue, Babe Ruth, Harriet Tubman, Frank Zappa
Massachusetts
Important Cities: Boston (capital), Salem, Springfield, Worcester, Cambridge
Population: 6,416,505
Most Famous Tea Party, Massacre, Cream Pie, Baked Bean: Boston
Most Humorous State Law: Tomatoes may not be used in the production of clam chowder.
Famous Massholes: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Samuel Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Leonard Bernstein, George Bush Sr., e.e. cummings, Better Davis, Cecil B. DeMille, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Nathanial Hawthorne, Winslow Homer, John F. Kennedy, Samuel A. Liberty, Herman Melville, Samuel F.B. Morse, Paul Revere, Norman Rockwell, Dr Seuss, Henry David Thoreau, Barbara Walters, Eli Whitney
Michigan
Important Cities: Lansing (capital), Detroit, Grand Rapids, Warren, Flint
Population: 10,112,620
Motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you)
Most Humorous State Laws: All bathing suits must be inspected by the head of police in Rochester.
Famous Michiganders: Anita Baker, William Boeing, Francis Ford Coppola, Gerald Ford, Henry Ford, Magic Johnson, Chalres Lindbergh, Madonna, Ted Nugent, Iggy Pop, Gilda Radner, Diana Ross, Robin Williams, Stevie Wonder
Minnesota
Important Cities: St. Paul (capital), Minneapolis, Rochester, Duluth
Population: 5,100,958
AKA: The Land of 10,000 Lakes
Most Humorous State Law: All men driving motorcycles must wear shirts.
Famous Minnesotans: Bob Dylan, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Walter Mondale, Charles Schultz
Mississippi
Important Cities: Jacksonville (capital), Gulfport, Biloxi, Greenville
Population: 2,902,966
Largest River: The Mississippi
Most Humorous State Law: It is unlawful to shave in the center of Main Street, Tylertown, MS
Missouri
Important Cities: Jefferson City (capital), Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Independence
Population: 5,704,484
Missouri Day: third Wednesday in October
Most Humorous State Law: Milk Men may not run while on duty.
Famous Missourians: Burt Bacharach, Yogi Berra, Don Cheadle, Walt Disney, T.S. Eliot, Redd Foxx, Betty Grabble,
Montana
Important Cities: Helena (capital), Billings, Missoula, Great Falls
Population: 926,865
Motto: Oro y Plata (Gold and Silver)
Most Humorous State Law: Balls may not be thrown within the city limits of Excelsior Springs, MT.
Famous Montanans: Gary Cooper, Evel Knievel, David Lynch
Nebraska
Important Cities: Lincoln (capital), Omaha, Bellevue, Grand Island
Population: 1,747,214
Official Beverage: Milk
Most Humorous State Law: It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
Famous Nebraskans: Fred Astaire, Marlon Brando, Dick Cheney, Malcolm X
Nevada
Important Cities: Carson City (capital), Las Vegas, Henderson, Reno, Sparks
Population: 2,334,771
Largest Free Buffet in State: Las Vegas
Most Humorous State Law: Men who wear mustaches are forbidden from kissing women.
Famous Nebraskans: Andre Agassi
New Hampshire
Important Cities: Concord (capital), Manchester, Nashua, Derry
Population: 1,229,500
Cigarettes and Liquor: Untaxed
Most Humorous State Law: You cannot sell the clothes that you are wearing to pay off a gambling debt.
Famous New Hampshirites: Franklin Pierce
New Jersey
Important Cities: Trenton (capital), Newark, Jersey City, Paterson
Population: 8,698,879
Formerly known as: New Netherlands
Most Humorous State Law: It is illegal to delay or detain a homing pigeon.
Famous New Jerseyites: Butt Abbot, Jon Bon Jovi, Lou Costello, Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, William Carlos Williams, Bruce Willis
New Mexico
Important Cities: Santa Fe (capital), Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Rio Rancho
Population: 1,903,289
Official State Question: “Red or Green?”
Most Humorous State Law: You may not carry a lunchbox down Main Street Las Cruces, NM.
Famous New Mexicans: Judy Blume, John Denver, Bo Diddley, Dennis Hopper, Demi Moore, Georgia O’Keeffe
New York
Important Cities: Albany (capital), New York City, Syracuse, Buffalo
Population: 19,277,088
Largest French-Donated Statuary: Statue of Liberty
Most Humorous State Law: The penalty for jumping off a building is death.
Famous New Yorkers: Lucille Ball, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jams Cagney, Tom Cruise, Sammy Davis Jr., Michael Jordan, Ogden Nash, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Norman Rockwell, Théoden Roosevelt, John D. Rockefeller, Walt Whitman
North Carolina
Important Cities: Raleigh (capital), Charlotte, Greensborough, Durham
Population: 8,541,221
Sight of First Self-Propelled Aircraft Flight: Kitty Hawk, NC
Most Humorous State Law: Fights between cats and dogs are prohibited.
Famous North Carolinians: Roberta Flack, Billy Graham, Andy Griffith, Jesse Helms, O. Henry, Tomas Wolfe
North Dakota
Important Cities: Bismarck (capital), Fargo, Grand Forks
Population: 634,366
Directly North of: South Dakota
Most Humorous State Law: It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with yours shoes on.
Famous North Dakotans: William H. Gass, Phil Jackson
Ohio
Important Cities: Columbus (capital), Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron
Population: 11,459,011
Most Famous Hall of Fame: Rock ‘n Roll
Most Humorous State Law: It is illegal to mistreat anything of great importance.
Famous Ohioans: Neil Armstrong, Hopalong Cassidy, George Armstrong Custer, Doris Day, Thomas Edison, Clark Gable, James Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Warren G. Harding, Rutherford Hayes, Dean Martin, Orville Wright
Oklahoma
Important Cities: Oklahoma City (capital), Tulsa, Norman
Population: 3,523,563
Where the Winds Go Blowing Through the Plains: Oklahoma!
Most Humorous State Law: Whaling is Illegal.
Famous Oklahomans: Garth Brooks, Ralph Ellison, Ron Howard, Mickey Mantel
Oregon
Important Cities: Salem (capital), Portland, Eugene
Population: 3,594,586
Best Apple 2e Computer Game with Oregon in the Title: “Oregon Trail”
Most Humorous State Law: People may not whistle underwater in Portland.
Famous Oregonians: Raymond Carver, Matt Groening, Sally Struthers
Pennsylvania
Important Cities: Harrisburg (capital), Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Allentown
Population: 12,406,292
Most Visited Bell: The Liberty Bell
Most Humorous State Law: A special cleaning ordinance bans housewives from hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling.
Famous Pennsylvanians: Louisa May Alcott, Daniel Boone, James Buchanan, Bill Cosby, W.C. Fields, Gene Kellie, Reggie Jackson, Betsy Ross
Rhode Island
Important Cities: Providence (capital), Warwick, Cranston, Pawtucket
Population: 1,080,632
Funniest Television Serial Set in Rhode Island: “Family Guy”
Most Humorous State Law: Any Marriage where either party is an idiot or lunatic is null and void.
Famous Rhode Islanders: Spalding Gray, H.P. Lovecraft, James Woods
South Carolina
Important Cities: Columbia (capital), Charleston, Greenville, Sumter
Population: 4,198,929
Most Fun You Can Have in an Afternoon in SC: Myrtle Beach
Most Humorous State Law: Performing a U-turn within 1,000 feet of an intersection is illegal.
Famous South Carolinians: John C. Calhoun, Joe Frazier, Dizzy Gillespie, Jesse Jackson, Eartha Kitt, Strom Thurmond, Marcel Van Bulck, Vanna White
South Dakota
Important Cities: Pierre (capital), Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen
Population: 770,883
Directly South of: North Dakota
Most Humorous State Law: If there are 5 Nat ive Americans on your property, you may shoot them.
Famous South Dakotans: Tom Brokaw, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Mamie Van Doren
Tennessee
Important Cities: Nashville (capital), Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Jackson
Population: 5,900,962
Super-Keen, Swell Slogan: Tennessee—America at it’s best!
Most Humorous State Law: An ordinance in Oneida, TN forbids anyone to sing the song “It Ain’t Goin’ to Rain No Mo’”
Famous Tennesseans: James Agee, Davy Crocket, Aretha Franklin, Isaac Hayes, Dolly Parton, Dinah Shore, Tina Turner,
Texas
Important Cities: Austin (capital), Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso
Population: 22,490,022
Saddest Moment: January 3, 1959, Alaska enters the union, Texas no longer the largest state.
Most Humorous State Law: When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.
Famous Texans: George W. Bush, Tommy Lee Jones, Janis Joplin, Sandra Day O’Connor, Dan Rather, Rip Torn, Stevie Ray Vaughn
Utah
Important Cities: Salt Lake City (capital), West Valley City
Population: 2,389,039
Saints: Latter Day
Most Humorous State Law: No one may walk down the street carrying a paper bag containing a violin.
Famous Utahans: Rosanne Barr, Butch Cassidy
Vermont
Important Cities: Montpelier (Capital), Burlington, Essex, Colchester
Population: 631,394
Most Delicious Frozen Treat: Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
Most Humorous State Law: Women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.
Famous Vermonters: Chester A. Arthur, Calvin Coolidge, Moses Pendleton
Virginia
Important Cities: Richmond (capital), Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake
Population: 7,459,827
Motto: Sic semper tyrannis (Thus always to tyrants)
Most Humorous State Law: State law prohibits “corrupt practices of bribary by any person other than candidates.”
Famous Virginians: Warren Beatty, William Clark, Ella Fitsgerald, Patrick Henry, Robert E. Lee, Meriwether Lewis, James Madison, James Monroe, George Washington, Booker T. Washington, Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Important Cities: Olympia (capital), Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane
Population, 6,203,788
Pointiest Building: Space Needle
Most Humorous State Law: It is illegal to display a hypnotized or allegedly hypnotized person in a store window.
Famous Washingtonians: Bob Barker, Raymond Carver, Carol Channing, Kurt Cobain, Chris Cornell, Bing Crosby, Bill Gates, Frank Herbert, Chuck Jones
West Virginia
Important Cities: Charleston (capital), Huntington, Parkersburg, Wheeling
Population: 1,815,354
Directly West of: Virginia
Most Humorous State Law: One may not walk a lion, tiger, or leopard, even on a leash.
Famous West Virginians: Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Don Knotts, Mary Lou Retton
Wisconsin
Important Cities: Madison, Green Bay, Milwakee, Kenosha, Oshkosh
Population: 5,509,026
Most Delicious Dairy Product: Cheese
Most Humorous State Law: It is illegal to wake a fireman when he is asleep.
Famous Wisconsinites: Harry Houdini, Liberace, Jacky Mason, Orson Welles, Frank Lloyd Wright
Wyoming
Important Cities: Cheyenne (capital), Casper, Laramie, Gillette
Population: 506,529
First State to Grant Women’s Suffrage: Wyoming
Most Humorous State Law: It is illegal to take a picture of a rabbit during the month of June.
Famous Wyomingites: James Bridger, Dick Cheney, Buffalo Bill Cody, Jon Colter, Tom Horn, James G. Watt
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United StatesDestinations in United States
The United States of America, a baby in the eyes of far older countries and civilizations, has spread its eagle wings to become the world’s leading nation and most industrialized country.
Across almost 10 million square kilometers of land you'll find a gamut of varied landscapes, geographies, and cultures, from the Midwestern plains to the Rockies of Colorado to the quaint seaside towns of New England.
There are massive urban cities and nearly empty ghost towns, rivers, lakes, streams, and oceans. If there is something you want to do, you can do it in America.
The great cities of America, Boston, New York, Chicago, Miami, and Los Angeles, are usually the top destinations of many visitors pouring into the country annually.
United in their urban liveliness, they still each contain a definite individual flavor that can’t quite be replicated anywhere else, from Boston’s historical conservativeness, LA’s glitz and glamour, Miami’s Latin heat, to New York’s worldly chic.
But even if the city is not for you, there are still some of the greatest natural wonders to behold, from the spread of great lakes up in the north, the impressive Grand Canyon in Arizona, the majestic Rockies in Colorado, the icy glaciers of Alaska, and sparkling beaches of Malibu.
It’s not called the big melting pot for nothing, as people of all cultures and ethnicities have flocked to America’s shores for the promise of her opportunities and freedom not quite found anywhere else in the world.
This spirit is a common thread that holds America’s cities, towns, and people together, no matter the differences, from the heartland to the rocky coasts.
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