Without naming your home state or province, post something it's famous for!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

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Mine: The NFL 🏈

[samnsara]

1. grunge

[RainCaster]

78. The Evergreen State

Alice in Chains
Nirvana

[njhoneybadger]

2. What exit?

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. Redneck Riviera.

[skypilot]

128. Las Vegas?

*

[Ferrets are Cool]

133. Gulf Shores AL

is known as the Redneck Riviera.

[skypilot]

135. Thanks for teaching me something new.

[Ferrets are Cool]

139. ...

I may be wrong, but I think Jimmy Buffet coined the phrase. He spent many a margarita there.

[FalloutShelter]

4. The city that never sleeps.

[ShazzieB]

147. New York!

[FalloutShelter]

148. That's it!

[Glorfindel]

5. World's busiest airport

[yellowdogintexas]

156. Hartsfield-Atlanta International nt

[Buckeye_Democrat]

6. The many residents who felt compelled to flee the Earth...

... either into the air or into outer space.

[hlthe2b]

7. Mile High City

[yellowdogintexas]

157. Denver nt

[marble falls]

8. Weakest governor's powers in the Union.

[Ohiya]

9. Worthless nuts!

[OLDMDDEM]

10. Crabs

[ret5hd]

23. Arkansas! I caught crabs there I once!

[OLDMDDEM]

87. Congratulations

I have been luckier than you. None so far.

[Walleye]

216. Delicious Maryland blue crabs?

[MANative]

11. A really big Tea Party

But my handle is kind of a give-away.

[4Q2u2]

38. Toll House Cookies

Just to name one transcendent invention.

[DownriverDem]

12. Cars

The Motor City!

[Wounded Bear]

13. Just one? Apples, coffee, Boeing...nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

175. "recent"Volcano eruption geologically speaking...n/t

[Stuart G]

219. Mt Saint Helens?...Washington State..

[dixiegrrrrl]

235. Yep.

Had a great view of awesome black cloud cover the sky.

[SallyHemmings]

14. Our fans throwing snow balls at Santa Claus

[magicarpet]

15. Lobstah....

[Squeaky41]

74. Re Lobstah

With warm buttah and B&M baked beans. Ayah!

[empedocles]

16. Remarkable Presidents

[Clash City Rocker]

17. Mark Twain

[FalloutShelter]

149. Connecticut?

[Clash City Rocker]

151. He was born and raised in Missouri

[Lunabell]

18. Sunshine and Citrus!

You gotta know where I live.

[rurallib]

19. corn

corn, corn and more corn

[oasis]

171. "Kansas in August"

[rurallib]

172. even cornier

[Stuart G]

191. Iowa

[rurallib]

236. bingo!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

20. Crosses the I with the Tuba.

[blm]

46. You mean dots the I with the tuba?

Cuz I grew up there, too. 😁

[ProudMNDemocrat]

57. My bad. But you get the picture.

[empedocles]

67. Makes for great video. Still works so well after all these years

[blm]

72. Still a thrill

[yellowdogintexas]

163. I recently saw a video of the tuba dotting the I

and I was blown away! (no pun intended)

[Duncanpup]

21. Chocolate candy kisses

[PJMcK]

22. Cheese

[Stuart G]

205. Wisconsin

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

24. Music City 🎸

[secondwind]

25. Broadway 🎭!!

[Submariner]

26. Invented Marshmallow Fluff

one of the nation's major food groups

[4Q2u2]

42. FluffnNutter Sandwiches

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[Danmel]

85. So good

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

27. Fired on a US Fort

Seems to have started some form of a major ruckus.

[Stuart G]

200. Fort Sumpter...Tenn or KY...not sure?? Maybe Virginia??? too many guesses, I know

..... ..... ...

[Sibelius Fan]

28. Disneyland

[Stuart G]

190. Californa..

[TheBlackAdder]

29. First Traffic Circle, First Domestic Steam Train Built, First Horse Derby, Birthplace of Rock n Roll

[Goodheart]

30. Jambalaya

[lapfog_1]

31. gold rush

[Stuart G]

189. California

[Danmel]

32. 🥯 & 🍕

[FelineOverlord]

33. Without naming your home state, post something it's famous for!

Tomatoes

[Claire Oh Nette]

34. Raisins

grapes, too...

[Stuart G]

204. Georgia

[Claire Oh Nette]

208. Nope.

California...

[rzemanfl]

35. Men. As in ****** man. n/t

[BarbaRosa]

36. Alien Encounters.

[Stuart G]

193. Nevada

[BarbaRosa]

242. New Mexico,

I was thinking of Roswell, but yeah I can see it applying to Nevada.

[Quakerfriend]

37. M&Ms (n/t)

[SamKnause]

39. Buckeye trees.

[Stuart G]

206. Indiana?

[SamKnause]

207. Ohio

[Stuart G]

211. Got it wrong again...So what else is new???

.... ...

[SamKnause]

213. ...

[Hoyt]

40. Rubes, but it's changing.

[sanatanadharma]

41. The Springfield Plan

No, no clues will be provided to suggest which (as the words say) Springfield USA (OK, that is a clue that it is not in England, NZ or Liberia); I do know if the Simpsons live there.

Decades ago the Springfield Plan changed my life forever. Well actually it changed my brother's life from 4th grade on. Nonetheless, because actions have consequences, the Springfield plan lead directly to my meeting my wife some decades later and still decades ago.

I am where I am today (Uruguay) as a result of the Springfield Plan (Wikipedia link).
And that just goes to show the power of education.

MassLive Link
This PDF article examines one town’s attempt to educate for democracy through a community-wide tolerance program that became known as the Springfield Plan

[4Q2u2]

45. Public Schools in the First Place

Those Crazy Puritans who thought a great educational system would create a better citizen.
Ha.

[Stuart G]

217. Massachuetts

[C_U_L8R]

43. Bad drivers

[Lovie777]

51. Don't know how to drive in the rain . . . .

at least the southern part.

[Stuart G]

203. Los Angeles, California

[Dave in VA]

44. Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac

for one.

[Diamond_Dog]

47. The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame

[JohnnyRingo]

52. Cleveland Rocks!

Cleveland Rocks!, Cleveland Rocks.

All this energy calling me
Back where it comes from
It's such a crude attitude
It's back where it belongs.

Oh to relive those drunken days and nights in the Flats.

[AllaN01Bear]

48. death valley. yo semite .( native spelling of the place . means bear)

movie making

[Stuart G]

185. California...

[cinematicdiversions]

49. New Yorkers

And no, it isn't New York.

[Stuart G]

195. Florida

[cinematicdiversions]

197. You are a winner of an early bird chicken dinner. nt

[Stuart G]

198. ...Where, When and How?

[mnhtnbb]

50. Flight

[Hotler]

53. 300 days of sunshine a year. nt

[Stuart G]

192. Arizonia

[jcgoldie]

54. Honest Abe

[ShazzieB]

150. You beat me to it, lol.

I'll gave to come up with something else.

[yellowdogintexas]

162. so would that be Kentucky, Indiana or Illinois?

All three featured in his life.

[Stuart G]

194. Illinois

[Wingus Dingus]

55. Weed. And Balloon Boy.

[Hotler]

155. Colorado...

[DBoon]

56. Frank Zappa

[madaboutharry]

58. Stupid politicians.

[Stuart G]

199. That is a special state..."Everywhere" , USA

[KarenS]

59. The Painted Desert.

The Petrified Forest.
The Grand Canyon.

[Baitball Blogger]

60. _______ Man

[JohnnyRingo]

61. The largest fireworks warehouse in all of North America.

Right here in my hometown. Makes me kind of jumpy when I hear a backfire.

Clue:
Phantom Fireworks.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Phantom+Fireworks+Warehouse/@41.27136,-80.8015176,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8833df85004e60b5:0x82f32c7239bd2f33!8m2!3d41.271356!4d-80.7993289

[Stuart G]

201. Wisconson ???guessing...lot of fireworks up there..(up there from Illinois)

[JohnnyRingo]

233. NE Ohio

Phantom is based in Youngstown where the founder Zoldan is from.
The warehouse is in nearby Warren, Ohio in the old Delphi plant where I used to work.

Click on the map link in my original reply, then click on the search button on the top left. I live just NE of there by Mosquito Lake.

Wait... you're not a terrorist, are you? if you are, then yeah, Wisconsin.

[central scrutinizer]

62. First with all vote by mail

First with deposit on beer bottles
All ocean beaches are publicly owned

[zanana1]

176. First Primary in the nation.

[Stuart G]

202. New Hamshire.

[zanana1]

239. Ayup.

[Freddie]

63. Soft pretzels, cheesesteaks, ring baloney, sticky buns...

My cousin - who lives in another state and stocks up on our food when he visits - says we should change the state motto to “Eat your way through __ “

[Walleye]

215. Pennsylvania?

[Freddie]

226. "Philadelphia on one end, Pittsburgh on the other and Alabama in between"

And good food

[Walleye]

227. Pennsatuckey. I live In Wilmington,DE, 20 min from Philly

We have cheesesteaks and soft pretzels too😋

[Walleye]

64. Joe Biden

[Stuart G]

209. Deleware...(spelling?)

[Walleye]

210. Yes. Spelling is correct. We also claim Cab Calloway, Bob Marley, and Robert Mitchum

[Wicked Blue]

65. Bruce Springsteen

and the world's best pizza

[woodsprite]

66. Scrapple. nt

[Vogon_Glory]

68. Cadillac Ranch

(I didn’t want to make it too obvious)

Then there’s

Big Bend National Park

Padre Island National Seashore

[FoxNewsSucks]

69. Flatter than a pancake

[Sneederbunk]

70. Rain

[Stuart G]

212. Washington State...

[Sneederbunk]

221. Oregon

[Stuart G]

223. Well ..........I was close...I know, no prize, but I was close...

[mopinko]

71. convicted governors.

[Upthevibe]

73. Well, I won't name my state but.....

......something here kind of gives it away.

Having said that:
Movies
A lot of famous people
Disneyland
Famous streets - The Walk of Fame w/Stars with famous people's names
Famous streets with famous people's hand prints hardened in cement
Some AWESOME beach communities
Some AWESOME mountain communities
The mostly wonderful weather (except climate change has forced me to get a portable air conditioner for my apt.)
A lot of dreams that often don't turn out the way one wanted (but at least we tried-or in my case, am STILL trying-Just you wait, you'll see me at the Academy Awards accepting the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay - Don't count me out!) and....
Some dreams that come true big time

[Walleye]

214. Hollyweird I lived there in the 70s on Ivar Avenue, featured in the movie Sunset Boulevard

[hwmnbn]

75. corrupt governors sent to prison...

[Stuart G]

184. Well two governors in Illinois were sent to prison ...Blago & Walker...& ?

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[sarge43]

76. Uppers n/t

[RainCaster]

77. The Evergreen State

[Corgigal]

79. Bourbon & fast horses.

Pretty place.

[yellowdogintexas]

164. and baseball bats. nt

[Stuart G]

222. Kentucky??

[catbyte]

80. The Great Lakes and automobiles.

[Stuart G]

182. Michigan

[relayerbob]

81. World class voter suppression

[woodsprite]

180. Georgia

[relayerbob]

232. Yep

[Fla Dem]

82. USS Constitution, Bunker Hill, Baked Beans, Harvard, Witches, Kennedys, Mohawk Trail

So much more.

[Stuart G]

183. Massachusetts ....(found it on spell check)

[Fla Dem]

241. LOL! Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner!!!

[walkingman]

83. Willie Nelson

[First Speaker]

84. Yale University, Katherine Hepburn, the Thimble Islands, Gillette Castle

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

86. Green chile cheeseburgers.

[Ocelot II]

88. Mosquitoes.

[ironflange]

89. Hailstorms

Hint: a province, not a state

[jmowreader]

90. Potatoes

[Stuart G]

196. Idaho

[jmowreader]

228. Yup

At one time the biggest cash crop in Idaho was marijuana, but the state refused to change the license plates to read “famous marijuana.”

[GopherGal]

91. Prince, Bob Dylan

Scotch Tape and Post-it Notes

[Walleye]

218. Minnesota

[GopherGal]

240. Prince was a little too obvious.

I should have just used
Honeycrisp apples

[Brother Buzz]

92. The Zamboni

[lapucelle]

93. Beaver...

...the official state mammal.

And if you think that meant something else, elevate your mind ever upward!

[IcyPeas]

94. Avocados, oranges, plums, grapes.

[Totally Tunsie]

95. Smallest State in the Union, plus...

our famous food items: cabinets, stuffies, and chowdah!

[Wicked Blue]

113. Cabinets are milkshakes, right?

But what's a stuffie?

[Totally Tunsie]

119. +100 for knowing a cabinet!

Stuffies? Why, stuffed clams, of course!



https://www.pinterest.com/pin/334533078541698012/

[Wicked Blue]

122. Thank you

Stuffies look yummy.

I briefly worked as a waitress in Worcester in the early 70s.

A woman came into the restaurant and ordered a coffee cabinet. I hemmed and hawed and told her we didn't sell furniture!

It was explained to me that what I knew as a milkshake in New Jersey, and a frappe in Massachsetts, was called a cabinet in some parts of the state.

[Totally Tunsie]

124. Stuffies ARE yummy...a must try!

Coffee milk is the official state drink of RI, but throw in some ice cream and whisk it up and it becomes the fabulous coffee cabinet. A milkshake in RI is typically just milk and flavored syrup frothed together.

A cabinet is the equivalent of a frappe in Massachusetts. The name "cabinet" comes from the storage of ice cream in a cold cabinet (chest).

[Stuart G]

220. Rhode Island...

Yes, I love geography...& I used to teach geography in high school..

[eShirl]

96. creepy stories

[CTyankee]

97. Bulldogs

[SCantiGOP]

98. John C Calhoun, Strom Thurmond and Lindsey Graham

too obvious?

[Goodheart]

120. That's some scary shit right there.

[SCantiGOP]

130. And I didn't even mention

Ben “Pitchfork” Tillman.
He was the late 19th Century Governor who disenfranchised the black voters. He then served several terms as Senator, and famously wept on the floor of the Senate about a bill to mandate that blacks be allowed to vote because, as he said, it would induce them to behave badly and (paraphrase) “We are going to have to kill a lot of our good colored folks to get them back in line.”
We took down the rebel flag in S.C., but this evil monster still has a statue on the Statehouse grounds.

[msongs]

99. big surf nt

[Kali]

108. Arizona?

https://bigsurffun.com/

[Wolf Frankula]

100. Now. Beer.

Years ago it was Snow.

Wolf

[wackadoo wabbit]

101. But it's a dry heat /nt

[Solly Mack]

102. Alligators

[Stuart G]

188. Florida...

[Solly Mack]

234. No

Louisiana has the largest gator population. Edges out Florida by a few hundred thousand. A small fraction, really.

[AwakeAtLast]

103. Jailed governors

More than one!

[Stuart G]

229. Illinois...I think there were 3..Blago, Guy who walked the state, Walker., someone else?

maybe not Illinois...might be wrong again...

[AwakeAtLast]

230. Bingo!

Rauner should have been....

[NightWatcher]

104. Taking bath salts and getting arrested trying to have sex with a McD's building

https://sjbatlanta.com/blog/florida-man-humps-railing/

[Tikki]

105. Black Flag, The Dead Kennedys, Los Lobos....

Tikki

[Iggo]

117. ...Metallica, Motley Crue, Slayer, The Eagles...

[myccrider]

106. Skiing in the morning and ? in the afternoon. n/t

[Kali]

107. a huge, tourist-attracting, world famous, gigantic, gash of erosion.

[liberaltrucker]

123. We're visiting your State next month

Not close to you or Ptah, unfortunately. Spending four
nights in Page, visiting the aforementioned gash of erosion.
After 4 days in Vegas, back East through Kingman, Flagstaff,
and Winslow (standing on a corner).

[Kali]

125. if you make a run to the north rim to see the condors at vermillion cliffs

or other sites near there, I highly recommend the cookies at Jacob Lake Inn!

and take an hour or two to drive through the petrified forest if you have the time. also check out La Posada in Winslow, whether you stay there or not. wonderful old RR hotel with cool artwork.

[liberaltrucker]

132. Will do

Thanks for the info! I've been thru AZ many times
in the truck, but didn't get to see the cool stuff (usually
because of truck restrictions). This is my first time in
a four wheeler. I'll post pics. Again, thanks!

[yellowdogintexas]

166. Page is also near Antelope Canyon which is worth the time to see it.

It is a slot canyon. Owned by the Navajo Nation, so when you buy a ticket you are supporting the tribe

[liberaltrucker]

168. Thanks for the recommendation!

Added to our list.

[Niagara]

109. Sugar Cream Pie, Brickyard 400, Holiday World and

dense Pence.

[Happy Hoosier]

144. I was gonna say tenderloin sandwich NT

[yellowdogintexas]

158. Except in Evansville that would be the brain sandwich

longest lines at the fall festival are at the brain sandwich booth

[Happy Hoosier]

169. Well, I do believe they eat brains in Evansville ;) NT

[Duppers]

110. Birth place of the nation

"Mother of Presidents"

Carry me back...

____ Slims.

[DFW]

237. And of me!

The Old Dominion

[Progressive Jones]

111. Land Of Lincoln nt

[Stuart G]

181. Illinois

[eppur_se_muova]

112. More fossils than any other state ...

Including this crinoid which may be of a species named after my (more-or-less) hometown.

[Tikki]

114. Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, Sly and the Family Stone

Tikki

[lpbk2713]

115. People driving for miles on the Interstate with their left turn signal on.

...

[lillypaddle]

116. bourbon

Moscow Mitch and Rand Paul. No wonder bourbon is so popular here.

[hurl]

118. Every lake here except one

is man-made.

[Stuart G]

231. guessing......Florida?...probably wrong...

[hurl]

243. Just a few states over...

Texas... And the one natural lake is more like a swamp. Our biggest lake (Texoma) was built with the help of German WW2 POWs.

[Akoto]

121. Inexplicable, yet widely recognized, insanity.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

126. The Gold Rush! ♥

[mvd]

127. Cheesesteaks

Declaration of Independence/Constitution
Forests and scenery
Chocolate

Quite a few things..

[wnylib]

129. Don't be misled by my handle. The OP says "home state."

Old, worn mountain range, Ben Franklin (as adult), nation's first capital, Constitutional Convention, famous chocolate brand, junction of 3 rivers, Quakers, Liberty Bell.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

131. A gun fight in a certain coral

[SKKY]

134. The Kentucky Derby...oh crap. Damn it.

[yellowdogintexas]

159. don't feel too bad, I almost did that same thing myself

so where are you in KY?
I am from just south of Bowling Green

[SKKY]

174. Louisville, born and mostly raised.

[NNadir]

136. Albert Einstein, John Wheeler, Robert Oppenheimer, Andrew Wiles, Thomas Edison, and...um...

...Snookie and, um, Bruce Springsteen?

[3catwoman3]

137. As already mentioned by 3 others, governors who have...

...gone to jail - 4 of them.

And, to balance that, President Obama and Michelle Obama.

[area51]

138. Bluebonnets

[yellowdogintexas]

167. one of my favorite things about living here nt

[jaxexpat]

140. Fast women and beautiful horses.

[yellowdogintexas]

160. and good bourbon.

Also the Longest Cave In The World : Kentucky

[Throckmorton]

141. Wooden Nutmegs.

[sinkingfeeling]

142. 8 US Presidents were born there.

[hack89]

143. Coffee milk. Nt

[tblue37]

145. Sunflowers & jackalopes. Oh, and Jayhawks.

[Trueblue1968]

146. the tv show...... GRIMM and the movie ..... THE GOONIES was made in my state

[ShazzieB]

152. Al Capone

Actually, he's jassociated with one particular city, but the most obvious choices for my state were already used.

[Tikki]

153. The Coasters, The Olympics, Johnny Otis.

Tikki

[KatyaR]

154. McArthur Park.

Parking meters.
8 US astronauts.
Shopping carts.
First tornado warning issued in the US.
More man-made lakes than any other state.
Whaling is illegal.

[yellowdogintexas]

161. it has one hell of a basement. nt

[hay rick]

165. Florida man. Oops.

[patricia92243]

170. Tourists

[Maeve]

173. First man to walk on the moon

[hamsterjill]

177. Willie Nelson!

n/t

[denbot]

178. Surfing

Everybody’s gone surfing, surfing USA!

[DFW]

179. Das Neanderthal

Just to name one of many. (Beethoven would be another)

[Stuart G]

186. Miles of a beautiful lakefront within one large city then anoter..

lakefront in another city, then another lakefront in another city...

[Stuart G]

187. Well known outstanding zoo, botanical garden, & beautiful lake front. & gets cold up North..

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not my state....., but the state to the north of mine...(yes, cheating ...but what else is new?

[Stuart G]

224. I really like this thread....K and R...facinating..

[milestogo]

225. Drunk Drivers.

[The King of Prussia]

238. Wuthering Heights

(I'm not in the US)