Did You Know ... ? Glacier National Park and Canada’s Waterton Lakes National Park were the first International Peace Park (1932). The park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road is a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. Welcome messages on the lobby floor at Lake McDonald Lodge are written in the Blackfeet, Chippewa and Cree
Did You Know? In 1908, the Eagle Pencil Company paid $12,500 for Little St. Simons Island to cut its cedars for pencils; the wood was unsuitable. The U.S. hosted the G8 Summit at Sea Island (2004). Secret meetings on Jekyll in 1910 provided the framework for the Federal Reserve System.
Did You Know? Confederate soldiers escaped from Lookout Mountain at night under a full eclipse of the moon (Nov. 25, 1863). In 14 months, nearly 13,000 of the more than 45,000 Union soldiers incarcerated at the Andersonville POW camp died. The Atlanta Cyclorama, showing the Battle of Atlanta, is the
Did You Know ... ? The 100-plus wineries in the Finger Lakes region produce 40 million bottles a year. Angela Bloomer, for whom bloomers were named, was born in the village of Homer (1818). Syracuse is the site of America’s longest-running state fair, from 1841. The Finger Lake’s first wine
Did You Know? The original Everglades had a sheet of slow-moving water covering 11,000 square miles (7 million acres). Forty-four kinds of orchids have been identified in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, more than in any other U.S. spot. The Everglades ecosystem provides a home to more than 350 documented
Did You Know? A new winery opens in Washington almost every 15 days. Washington averages 16 hours of daily sunlight in summer, one hour more than in California’s top wine region. Yakima Valley grows more than 75% of America’s hops. Uniquely, Washington’s vineyards are up to 200 miles away from
Did You Know? Lake Superior is the world’s largest lake based on surface area (31,800 square miles). Singer/songwriter Bob Dylan was born in Duluth. Lake Superior’s water could cover all of North America in three feet of H2O. In 1907, Duluth moved more tonnage through its harbor than New York
Did You Know? Door County has more miles of shoreline (300) than any other county in the U.S. Door County is named for Death’s Door, the dodgy waterway at the tip of the peninsula where the county is located. A daffodil was christened the Door County USA at Keukenhof garden
Did You Know? Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge provides nesting for 80% of North America’s seabirds (40 million). Wrangell-St. Elias National Park is America’s largest national park (13.2 million acres). Glacier Bay National Park has the world’s highest concentration of tidewater glaciers. Denali was America’s first national park established to
Did You Know? For Americans, shopping malls are the third most frequented location, after home and work. Southern Delaware counts more than 500 antiques dealers. DuPont built the world’s first nylon production plant in Seaford, Del. (1939). Three-quarters of Americans visit a mall at least once a month. American shoppers
