List of U.S. states
Welcome to our informative and highly amusing list of the 50 United States. Hold onto your hats (if you’re wearing one, that is) because we’re about to take you on a wild ride across the most fantastic and bizarre parts of this great nation!
Alabama
Alabama is known for its famous football team and delicious barbecue. It’s also famous for the phrase “Roll Tide,” which is heard everywhere and means absolutely nothing to everybody outside the state.
Alaska
Alaska is the least populated state in the USA and could fit Texas in its expanse. It’s famous for its wildlife and staggering scenery. Also, it’s only dark for five minutes in the wintertime, which sounds cool in theory, but in practice, this causes a dangerous confusion of day and night.
Arizona
Arizona is famous for the Grand Canyon – a landmark that people get in their cars to see and still say, “Are we there yet?” Also, there’s a lot of hot weather and rattlesnakes.
Arkansas
If you can spell Arkansas without going cross-eyed, you deserve a cheer. Home of the Razorbacks, presidents Bill Clinton, and Walmart.
California
California is the most populated state and home of Hollywood, Silicon Valley and Disneyland. It’s the place where “The Terminator” became a Governor, earthquakes happen daily, and surfers surf even during shark attacks.
Colorado
This state is like a postcard: all mountains, all the time. Snowboarding, skiing, hiking, and kayaking are just some of the numerous outdoor activities available. Also, it’s fitting that the “Mile High City,” Denver, is located in the state where marijuana is legal.
Connecticut
Connecticut is known as the Nutmeg state. They used to make fake nutmeg out of wood in the old dayss, which may explain how this threadbare state funded its budget.
Delaware
Delaware is the least populated state, and most of the nation’s corporations call it home. It’s okay to skip Delaware. There’s nothing to see here; people only know it exists because it’s the first state.
Florida
Florida is where old people go when they retire, but it can be action-packed too – or Grand Theft Auto-style, depending on where you go. It’s the place where alligators, hurricanes, and heatwaves are daily events.
Georgia
Georgia is the state where peaches reign supreme, gone with the wind, and Paula Deen. We could add more description, but the refrain “Georgia on my mind” perfectly describes it.
Hawaii
Hawaii is the island paradise where you go to relax, tan, and eat shaved ice. It’s also the place where “Aloha” means “hello,” “goodbye,” and everything in between.
Idaho
Idaho is known for its potatoes. That’s about it. The state also resembles the shape of a pan, one that could cook a lot of potatoes at once.
Illinois
Illinois is the state of Lincoln, and mostly Chicago. Despite, the entire state trying to convince people it’s not only a windbag city, Chicago always outshines everyone.
Indiana
Indiana is known primarily for racecars, basketball, and corn, which are three things that don’t mix well but could make a delicious stir fry if combined properly.
Iowa
Green fields of corn in one direction, pigs in the other. Iowa is known for agriculture, vague political significance, and Field of Dreams (which is probably its most genuine claim to fame).
Kansas
Kansas is the inspiration for the Wizard of Oz, but the movie was never filmed there as it’s such an uninspiring state. It’s vast open space with a whole lot of wheat, tumbleweeds, and heatwaves.
Kentucky
Kentucky is known worldwide for its fried chicken and horse racing. It’s where you go if you want to hang out at Churchill Downs or taste some finger-licking-good Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Louisiana
Louisiana is where you go to eat a lot. It’s famous for Creole cuisine, Mardi Gras, jazz music, and a voodoo magic vibe that could put a spell on Elvis.
Maine
Maine is where lobsters come from, maritime life thrives, and fog rolls in thick blankets. Also, Stephen King lives there, reason enough to avoid driving there at night.
Maryland
Maryland is known for its crabs, Old Bay seasoning, and flag design problem. It’s the state where not only the flag is asymmetrical, but it’s common to rest their tasty crab cakes on saltines.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts is where the Boston marathon and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology call home. Also, people drive so bad that they have something called the “Boston left,” which means when the light goes green, drivers make a left turn despite others trying to go straight.
Michigan
Michigan is known for cars, blue lakes, and the creation of the automotive industry. The Upper Peninsula is mostly farmland, and the Lower Peninsula has Detroit, which is why it gets a lot of hate.
Minnesota
Minnesota is known for ten thousand lakes that only the locals know the real number of. It’s also the state with the coldest winters, and when it comes to accents, they sound like Canada-lite.
Mississippi
Mississippi is where people go to get their fill of southern heritage, civil rights history, and catfish. If you’re into the blues, Catfish Blues, then Clarksdale must hold a place on your bucket list.
Missouri
Missouri is known for the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the Sheryl Crow song, and the origin of Mark Twain. Also, it’s the state where the weatherman never gets it right.
Montana
Montana is the place where the grizzlies roam, and the state is known for its vast wilderness, fishing, and wide-open spaces. It’s a state that’s popular with tourists who don’t mind getting lost in nature, but not homely people who thrive on the buzz of a city vibe.
Nebraska
Nebraska is known for its corn, Golden Spike Tower, and the University of Nebraska. It’s the state where even the cows give you quizzical looks.
Nevada
Vegas, baby! Nevada is known for slot machines, big shows, and easy marriages—also, Area 51, which technically isn’t confirmed, but they spend too much time denying it for it not to be true.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is known as the Granite State. People only know it exists because it’s close to Boston and not Vermont. That’s all we got.
New Jersey
New Jersey is known for the Garden State, The Sopranos, and the birthplace of Frank Sinatra. It’s also the state where the residents have a reputation for pitching a fit when people don’t know how to pump their gas (standard procedure in the rest of the world).
New Mexico
New Mexico is known for its deserts, aliens, and unique cuisine. It’s the place for all extraterrestrial encounters, and foodies delight in Hatch chilies.
New York
New York is packed with famous landmarks, from the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, and all of Manhattan. It’s the place where “If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere,” and home to the notorious rude New Yorkers (who are, in reality, not all that bad).
North Carolina
North Carolina is known for pristine beaches and mesmerizing mountain villages. Also, Barbeque sauce is a non-negotiable must-have, and Popeye’s married the one-eyed chihuahua here.
North Dakota
North Dakota is the state where zero people live in their ranch dressing. It’s a vast, flat state with a lot of oil and not much else.
Ohio
Ohio is known for its cornfields and its football. It’s the place with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but also the Buckeyes. Ohioans sound like they’re humming when they talk, and it’s the home of the amusement park, Cedar Point.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is where national weather calamities occur regularly, where schools get shot up, but we must highlight Kevin Durant, who helped put Oklahoma on the map that doesn’t have tornadoes.
Oregon
Oregon is known as the Beaver State. It’s where Portland’s strippers, weirdos, and Voodoo Doughnuts call home. Also, it’s famous for endless white lighthouses, hideaway forests, and Powell’s book hotspot.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is where the Liberty Bell, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Hershey’s chocolate call home. Also, if “Rocky” doesn’t move you to tears, you’re not human.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island is so small; you could get lost in a croissant. It’s the place where families go to beaches and pottery stores, and people enjoy their hot wieners and cabinets coffees.
South Carolina
South Carolina is the place where the Confederate flag flew over the state for way too long, and then it moved to the state’s capitol lawn. It’s famous for its Gullah culture, golf courses, and Charleston’s dancing trees.
South Dakota
South Dakota is where they carved the faces of presidents in Mount Rushmore, found Laura Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie, and Sturgis is the place where bikers unite.
Tennessee
Tennessee is known for its country music, barbecue, mountains, and Nashville hot chicken. It’s the place where Graceland got built and where Trisha Yearwood served up Southern comfort food.
Texas
Everything’s bigger in Texas, from the hair to the thirst for big gas-guzzling trucks. Texans are proud people, and they should be with the longhorn steer, the Alamo, and the Austin City Limits.
Utah
Utah is where the Mormons call home and where you go for national parks galore. It’s the place where they filmed “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” in the town of, well, Utah.
Vermont
Vermont is known for the maple syrup, the Ben & Jerry’s factory, and stunning fall foliage. It’s also the birthplace of Phish, leaving people feeling a groove on their Grateful Dead tour.
Virginia
Virginia is for lovers; it’s where the first colonial settlement began, and the Blue Ridge Mountains span out like fingers. It’s where you can find locally caught seafood and old school-style sweet tea.
Washington
Washington is apparent from where Bill Gates and Amazon call home. Also, it’s where Seattle’s Pike Place Market flavored coffee culture and sweeping views reign supreme.
West Virginia
West Virginia’s claim to fame is hills, coal mines, and country roads, but also home to the Mothman, the infamous cryptid that caused chaos in the 60s.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is best known for its cheese, Point Brewery, and the Green Bay Packers. Discover the secret to a winning farmhouse, and Chippewa Falls is home to the Yellowstone Art-Trail.
Wyoming
Wyoming has Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and miles of rangeland, all of which sound like scenery in a cowboy movie. Also, it’s the least populated state, but there are enough cowboys to ride horses, and there’s plenty of tumbleweed to explore.
Well, that’s pretty much it, the 50 States of America. We hope you enjoyed this list and learned a lot. If you ever venture to one of these places, you’ll be well-armed with fun facts to entertain the locals. Or, if you’re just on the internet, well, we’re glad you got a chuckle out of it.