Here are some short fun facts (found facts?) I’ve discovered during my travel adventures. Sometimes silly, sometimes serious — always insightful. Ok, maybe not always.
Texas was the first state to plant flowers alongside the state highways.
6:38 PM • Apr 4, 2024
Austin, Texas is the fastest-growing metro area in the United States.
4:28 PM • Mar 31, 2024
South by Southwest is the largest music festival in the world.
5:26 PM • Mar 14, 2024
Lake Phalen was named after Edward Phelan, accused of Saint Paul’s first murder. (His name was spelled variously and as a result, the lake is Phalen and not Phelan.)
12:58 PM • Jan 29, 2024
Boston Common is the oldest public park in the United States.
8:12 PM • Dec 7, 2023
There are 26 mountains in Acadia National Park.
1:09 PM • Nov 26, 2023
There are over 4,600 islands off the coast of Maine.
2:02 PM • Nov 10, 2023
In 1968, Vermont became the first state to ban billboards.
3:03 PM • Oct 26, 2023
Burlington, Vermont’s largest city, has only 45,000 residents.
10:20 AM • Oct 13, 2023
No building in Montréal can be taller than the cross on Mount Royal.
7:47 PM • Oct 2, 2023
