State Facts
 

Maine is the only American state whose name is just one syllable.

The state of Michigan claims more varieties of trees than all of Europe.

In New York State, it is still illegal to shoot a rabbit from a moving trolley car.

The state that grows the most cranberries is Wisconsin.

Buffalo chicken wings were so named for their city of origin in New York state.

The tallest tree recorded is located in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California measured at 117 meters high.

Alaska is the western most and eastern most state of the United States.

Singer Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem.

Texas is the only state that is allowed to fly its flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.

The first state to give the right to women to vote was Wyoming.

Honolulu, Hawaii boasts the only royal palace in the United States of America.

Chili is the official state dish of Texas.

The state of Tennessee was known as Franklin before 1796.

Hawaii is the southernmost state in the United States.

The Eisenhower Interstate System requires that one mile in every five must be straight.

Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii, and Maine are the four states in the U.S. that do not allow billboards.

Maine produces almost all of the USA's wild blueberries.

New Jersey is referred to as the "Diner Capital of the World."

Louisiana is nicknamed the "Pelican State.

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