Did You Know? Pensacola is on the first attempted European settlement site on U.S. soil (1559). The 911-foot USS Oriskany is at the core of the world’s largest artificial reef. The 160-mile-long Gulf Islands National Seashore is America’s largest protected seashore (95,100 acres). Pensacola’s beaches are sugar white because of
Did you know….? Elvis and Priscilla Presley honeymooned in Palm Springs. The Agua Caliente Indians are the city’s biggest landowners with 6,700 acres. There are more than 100 golf courses in the greater Palm Springs area. The city’s first hotel, the Palm Springs Hotel, was built in 1886. During World
Did You Know ... ? Disney's Magic Kingdom is the world’s most-visited theme park. Orlando calculates it would take 67 days to see all its more than 95 attractions. The city boasts more than 52 million square feet of retail shopping space. Disney World is nearly twice the size of
Did You Know? Oklahoma City grew to more than 10,000 on the first day of the historic Land Run of April 22, 1889. Oklahoma City installed the world’s first parking meter (1935). The shopping cart was invented and first used at the city’s Standard Food Markets (1937). The Oklahoma State
Did You Know? Assateague Island’s horses are pony sized because of the island’s nutrient-poor grasses. When active (1878-1964), the Ocean City Life-Saving Station responded to seven major shipwrecks. Since a 1933 hurricane, the Atlantic shore on northern Assateague Island has shifted west more than 1,150 feet. Ocean City is Maryland’s
Did You Know? The Westport playhouse was previously a barn built for a leatherworks factory (1835). Twenty million people live within an hour’s drive of Long Island Sound. In the 1800s, residents of Norwalk and nearby towns founded new settlements in Ohio using the same town names. Showman P.T. Barnum
Did You Know ... ? Newport codified the concept of separation of church and state in its statutes in 1641. The America's Cup stayed in Newport more than 50 years, from 1930 to 1983. The Vanderbilt mansion called Marble House contains 500,000 cubic feet of marble. Newport was the site
Did You Know? Branch Brook Park was America’s first county park opened to the public (1900). Newark originated as a theocracy founded in 1666 by disgruntled Puritans from Connecticut. Inventor Thomas Edison set up his first laboratory and manufacturing facility in Newark (1871). The 2,000 cherry trees in Branch Brook
Did You Know...? The world’s first speed limit law was passed in New York City in 1652. Washington Square was once a potter’s field where trees were used for hangings. The Statue of Liberty was shipped to New York from France in 214 packing crates. Central Park is eight times
Did You Know ... ? New Orleans, founded in 1718, was destroyed twice by hurricanes in its first three years. The Battle of New Orleans occurred after the War of 1812 ended, but the anniversary was once a national holiday. The 1947 play, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” is set in
