Did You Know ... ? W.C. Handy wrote and published the first blues song, “Memphis Blues,” around 1909; he later wrote “Beale Street Blues.” A quarter of the stars in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame originated within 100 miles of Memphis. Andrew Jackson (later president) was one of
Did You Know? In the early 20th century, the Amoskeag company was the world’s largest producer of cotton textiles. The SEE Science Center has the world’s largest LEGO installation at minifigure scale. Manchester-born brothers, Richard "Dick" McDonald and Maurice "Mac" McDonald, founded McDonald's. Concord’s Levi Hutchins invented an alarm clock
Did You Know? It would take 86 hours to spend 10 minutes in each Mall of America store. There are 4.3 miles of total storefront footage in Mall of America. America’s first suburban shopping mall, Southdale Center, opened in Edina, Minn., in 1956. Mall security personnel reunite more than 3,700
Did You Know? The city was named for James Madison, but streets were named for others who also participated in writing the U.S. Constitution. The city’s convention center debuted in 1997, 59 years after Frank Lloyd Wright designed its exterior. The world’s first electric voting machine was installed in the
Did You Know? Louisville-born sisters Mildred and Patty Hill wrote the “Happy Birthday” song. The E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park is named for Diane Sawyer’s father, not a Mark Twain character. The rose garland presented to the Kentucky Derby winner has 554 flowers. Nearly 120,000 mint juleps — requiring 1,000
Did you know….? With its population of 10.1 million, Los Angeles County would rank as the eighth-largest U.S. state. Jerry Seinfeld’s New York apartment is in Los Angeles. There are 5.2 million cars registered in Los Angeles County; only seven states have more. One hundred fifty productions are filmed daily
Did You Know? The bronze front doors on the State Capitol, costing $10,000 at Tiffany’s a century ago, are worth $250,000. The city’s Big Dam Bridge is the world’s longest pedestrian and bicycle bridge built for that purpose (4,226 feet). Five-star Army General Douglas MacArthur was born in Little Rock
Did You Know? Lexington was named for the first battle site of the American Revolution. More than 1.3 million people visited thoroughbred Man o’ War after the racehorse retired. Carrie Nation, the temperance leader, was born near Lexington in bourbon country. Mary Todd Lincoln’s grandfather, Levi Todd, was one of
Did You Know? Don Laughlin built a bridge linking Laughlin to Bullhead City, Ariz., then gave the bridge to Nevada and Arizona. There is enough concrete in Hoover Dam and its power plant for a 16-foot-wide road from NYC to San Francisco. Lake Mead can accommodate enough water to put
Did You Know...? In 1958, a room at the Stardust cost $6 a night. Actor Mickey Rooney was married eight times in Las Vegas. The 10 largest hotels in the U.S., by room count, are located in Las Vegas. The Vegas Strip is Highway 91. The local Marriage License
