• The first Pepsi was created and served in North Carolina in 1898
  • Eugene, Oregon, was the first U.S. city to have one-way streets
  • Louisiana is the only state that doesn’t have counties – it has parishes
  • Washington State has more glaciers than the other 47 contiguous states combined
  • The nation’s first kindergarten was held in Watertown, Wisconsin, in 1856 for German-speaking children
  • Santa Claus, Indiana, receives and processes more than 500,000 letters at Christmas time
  • Delaware has only 3 counties and at an average of 60 feet, is the lowest state in the U.S.
  • St. Louis, Missouri, offers more free attractions than any other place in the country except for Washington DC