1. New Jersey
   New York
2. Massachusetts
   California

Times Square was formerly named Longacre Square. It is also known as "The Crossroads of the World."

1. California
   Oregon
2. Washington
   Nevada

Starbucks got its start in Pike Place Market, located in Seattle, Washington. When the Space Needle was completed, in 1962, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River.

1. Utah
   Oregon
2. Montana
   Wyoming

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is a 360-piece choir that is accompanied by an organ consisting of 11,623 pieces. The choir has been performing for over a century.

1. Louisiana
   Mississippi
2. California
   Florida

Also known as the "Sunshine State," Florida is the largest producer of citrus fruit in the United States. Roughly 90 percent of the citrus produced in Florida goes into juice-making.

1. Illinois
   New Mexico
2. Alaska
   Hawaii

The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, led to the United States' entrance into World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt called the day "a date which will live in infamy."

1. Oregon
   Nevada
2. California
   New Mexico

California was the first state to become a trillion-dollar economy. If California were a country, it would have the sixth-largest economy in the world, even bigger than France's.

1. New Jersey
   New York
2. Illinois
   Massachusetts

Met Life Stadium, which is home to the New York Jets and Giants, is actually located in New Jersey. The state is also known as the "Diner Capital of the World."

1. Delaware
   Connecticut
2. Vermont
   Massachusetts

The Salem witch trials, between 1692 and 1693, resulted in the execution of 20 people. Five more died while in prison.

1. Maine
   Wisconsin
2. South Dakota
   North Dakota

The cheesehead hat, which is famously seen at Green Bay Packers games, actually originated at a Milwaukee Brewers game. The team's former outfielder, Rick Manning, made the hat popular after a photo was taken of him wearing it.

1. Minnesota
   Illinois
2. Hawaii
   Michigan

Although it is commonly known as the Sears Tower, the skyscraper in Chicago was officially named Willis Tower in 2009. Upon being built in 1973, the skyscraper was the tallest in the world for 25 years.

1. Georgia
   Illinois
2. Michigan
   Indianapolis

Along with Michigan, Lake Huron is also shared with the Canadian province of Ontario. It got its name from French explorers, who named it after the people living there at the time, the Huron people.

1. Louisiana
   New Mexico
2. Arizona
   Nevada

Despite being nicknamed the "Silver State," Nevada is actually the largest producer of gold in the U.S. It is fourth in gold production worldwide.

1. Arizona
   New Mexico
2. Nevada
   California

The Hoover Dam actually sits on the border of Arizona and Nevada. Cutting down slow-growing saguaro cacti in Arizona could lead to prison time.

1. New Hampshire
   Massachusetts
2. Pennsylvania
   Maryland

The Battle of Gettysburg took place in Pennsylvania. It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

1. Colorado
   Michigan
2. New Mexico
   Montana

Colorado is know as the "Centennial State" because it was founded 100 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The Rockies stretch more than 3,000 miles and run from Alaska (if you include the Brooks Range) to New Mexico.

1. Alabama
   Massachusetts
2. Texas
   Georgia

President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dealey Plaza in Texas in 1963. He was succeeded by his vice president, Lyndon B. Johnson, who was born in Texas.

1. Kansas
   Missouri
2. Louisiana
   Mississippi

Bourbon Street sits in the French Quarter, the oldest neighborhood in New Orleans. It is home to raucous Mardi Gras parties every year.

1. Vermont
   Virginia
2. Maine
   Maryland

Pimlico Race Course is home to the Preakness Stakes, one of the three major races in horse racing. The race is part of what is known as the sport's "Triple Crown."

1. Minnesota
   Idaho
2. Ohio
   Nebraska

Idaho grows one-third of the nation's potatoes. Boise State University is home to the only blue football field in the world, nicknamed "The Smurf Turf."

1. Minnesota
   Wyoming
2. Montana
   Wisconsin

Minnesota's Mall of America stretches the length of 78 football fields. It is a total of 9.5 million square feet and even has roller coasters.

1. Alaska
   Wisconsin
2. Hawaii
   North Dakota

Alaska became property of the United States in 1867; however it wasn't made a state until 1959. The purchase of Alaska was known as "Seward's Folly."

1. Connecticut
   Vermont
2. Virginia
   New Hampshire

Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut, is the third-oldest higher learning institution in the United States. It is one of the nine Colonial Colleges that were founded before the American Revolution.

1. Oklahoma
   Tennessee
2. Mississippi
   South Carolina

Broadcasting every weekend since 1925, the Grand Ole Opry is the world's longest-running live radio program in the world. The program is broadcast every weekend.

1. North Dakota
   Kansas
2. Wisconsin
   Missouri

The Gateway Arch is the tallest arch in the world. It was built as a monument to celebrate westward expansion by the United States.

1. Georgia
   Missouri
2. Alabama
   South Carolina

Although known for its peaches, Georgia is actually third in peach production in the U.S. Georgia is also home to the world's largest drive-in restaurant, The Varsity.

1. Ohio
   Wisconsin
2. Wyoming
   North Carolina

Although Yellowstone National Park's address is listed in Wyoming, the park runs through three states. The other two states are Montana and Idaho. However the vast majority of the park is in Wyoming.

1. Alabama
   Mississippi
2. Arkansas
   Georgia

Alabama was home to such famous athletes as Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Joe Louis. It is also the only state to have an alcoholic beverage as its official drink.

1. North Carolina
   Idaho
2. South Carolina
   Ohio

In 2003, Congress voted to name Ohio, not North Carolina, as the Birthplace of Aviation. Dayton, Ohio, was the home of the Wright brothers.

1. Mississippi
   South Carolina
2. North Carolina
   West Virginia

Chapel Hill is a city in North Carolina that is home to the University of North Carolina. It is the 15th-largest city in the state.

1. Virginia
   West Virginia
2. Maryland
   Vermont

Virginia is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents. Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement on the American continent.

1. Nebraska
   Kansas
2. Missouri
   Wisconsin

Arbor Day was created in Nebraska in 1872, in order to plant trees in the state. Over one million trees were planted in Nebraska for the first Arbor Day, which became a legal holiday in 1885.

1. Arkansas
   Kansas
2. Tennessee
   South Carolina

Kansas was also the birthplace of Amelia Earhart. The state leads the nation in wheat production.

1. Alabama
   Arkansas
2. New Hampshire
   Mississippi

The first Walmart was opened in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962. The superchain now has 11,000 stores worldwide.

1. Louisiana
   West Virginia
2. South Carolina
   Mississippi

The name "Teddy Bear" comes from a famous hunting trip in which president Theodore Roosevelt refused to kill a trapped bear in Mississippi.

1. Missouri
   North Carolina
2. South Carolina
   Nebraska

South Carolina is the nation's leading peach producer and shipper east of the Mississippi River.