What is your state (or province or country) known for?
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When people think "Arizona," many or most probably think of the Grand Canyon, desert and warm sunshine. Yes, on all counts, including the sunshine part -- we get lots of that -- but up here in Flagstaff at 7,000 feet, where the San Francisco Peaks in our backyard rise to 12,633 feet, we get a full-blown winter.
Other notable things about Arizona are--
*It doesn't follow Daylight Savings Time ... except for the Navajo Reservation, which is the largest indian reservation in the country at 24078.127 square miles.
*The ponderosa pine forest stretching from near Flagstaff along the Mogollon rim to the White Mountains region is the largest ponderosa pine forest on the continent.
*Sedona, Arizona is known for its electromagnetic energy from 5 vortexes in the Red Rock area, which is supposed to make you calm and euphoric.
*It's home to large expanses of saguaro cactus, and the saguaro bloom is the state flower.
Arizona is also now known for passing the controversial SB 1070 immigration law. (No comment.)
And, unfortunately, right now Tucson, AZ is known for being the place where Representative Gabriel Giffords was shot in the head a few weeks ago. At the same time, 18 others were also shot, six of whom died.
Overall, though, Arizona is a wonderful, diverse, beautiful place to live, perfect for someone who loves hiking and outdoor adventure in general, like I do.
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The city began as the capitol of French Louisiana in 1702, and flew the French flag. The city has also been under English and Spanish colonial rule. They didn't become part of the US until 1810, along with the annexation of West Florida but in 1861 joined the Confederate States and flew that flag until 1865.
Mobile also boasts that they have been doing Mardi Gras longer than New Orleans. The first carnival celebration here was 1703, and the first society started in 1711. The city is proud of its Mardi Gras heritage, but is happy that it didn't become as commercial as New Orleans and attract all those tourists. The parades here are just as big! My favorite parade is the Mystics of Time. They have 4 dragons that come through and one is named Vernadeen. You can see her on the video at 1:00.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeA2CciylbI
The reason that I manage to stay sane being so far from home is the abundant nature and wildlife. I often drive 30 minutes south to Dauphin Island to go on a bird walk or check out the sea life. If I'm not canoeing in my backyard of Dog River, I know I'll be kayaking down in the Gulf Shores this spring. If it wasn't for the unique wetlands and bayous, I'd be home by now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9xL7tcqc9s
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h2255.html
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1437
http://www.townofdauphinisland.org/home.asp?ID=2
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New Hampshire is also developing a "known for" reputation for producing Mahalo.com employees. There have been at least 3 Mahalo.com home office employees from here; Mark Jeffery is from the same neighborhood in Nashua, NH as me, Aram Brazilian is from the north country of North Conway NH, and Mike Bracco is from the seacoast metropolis of Portsmouth, NH... and then there is the current Mahalo Answer Sheriff me from Nashua, NH..
There even might be more :)
Love New Hampshire. I'm from New England and lived in N.H. for four years. Went to UNH. I miss it.
Kentucky was the home of Bill Monroe, the founder of bluegrass music. I live just one county over from his home place. Rosine, Kentucky is still alive with live bluegrass music. Many famous bluegrass players come to this tiny, tiny town to pick, sing and dance.
Of course who can forget all the bourbon. Wild Turkey, Jim Beam and Markers Mark just to name a few.
Bardstown is home of "My Old Kentucky Home", which Stephen Collins Foster wrote the song about. He visited this home many times and wrote several of his famous works here.
Cumberland Falls, near Corbin is famous for its moonbows, which are pretty much predictable. Something I was always impressed with was our Mammoth Cave. I've been in the cave many times and it's really something.
"world's longest known cave system, with more than 390 miles explored"
http://www.nps.gov/maca/index.htm
Famous people born in Kentucky:
Muhammad Ali, Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp, Jim Varney, Loretta Lynn, Jim Bowie, Kit Carson, Larry Flynt, George Clooney, Diane Sawyer, Gus Van Sant, Chuck Woolery, Sean Young, Abraham Lincoln, Larry Birkhead, Patty Loveless, Steven Curtis Chapman, Billy Ray Cyrus, Naomi and Wynona Judd, John Michael Montgomery, Joan Osborne, Ricky Skaggs, Dwight Yoakam, Rex Chapman, Allan Houston, Phil Simms, Darrell and Michael Waltrip, and Duncan Hines
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1237352/celebrities_and_famous_people_born.html?cat=49
All Corvettes are made in the city of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Fort Knox is located in Kentucky, along with Fort Campbell. The vault at Fort Knox stored valuable royal jewels during WWII and is said to store the Roswell Aliens.
"Since Sept. 11, 2001 the Kentucky National Guard has mobilized and deployed more than 14,000 Soldiers and Airmen in support of the Global War on Terror"
http://www.bmaconline.org/index.cfm/kyngnews.html
However, if you ask people what Kentucky is most famous for, many would say the famous family feud of the Hatfields and Mccoys, which also involves West Virgina.
Don't forget the Colonel, KFC.
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Home of GM, Ford, and Chrysler. Also home of the UAW.
Michigan is a vacation spot beyond compare with our thousands of miles of coastline on the great lakes, and multitude of inland rivers and lakes. Mackinac Island is one of the most popular vacation destinations in the country, and the Lake Above the Clouds is one of the most photographed.
Camping, hunting, fishing (including ice fishing), hiking , skiing (cross country and downhill), snowmobile trails, and nearly any other outdoor activity you can think of is enjoyed here in the state that has a map that looks like a mitten. People from Michigan are known for pointing at a spot on their hand (corresponding to the mitten) to show you where they live.
SE Michigan, form Detroit up through Flint, has a "Coney Dog" that you won't find anywhere else. It is a Koegel hot dog on a warm bun, served with a relatively dry sauce based on ground hot dog. "All the way" means mustard and onion.
Frankenmuth is the king of German heritage, complete with Zehnders and the Bavarian Inn that serve family style dinners (especially chicken) that you will die for. Teh whole town is a greman themed tourist attraction unlike anything else.
In the UP (upper penninsula), you will find (if you look hard enough) the last remaining Norwegian radio station in North America (or is that just a myth?). You will also find (without looking at all) a peculiar meatpie-type food called a "Pastie." Pasties have a UP lineage dating to the copper and iron ore minig days of the UP, when cornish miners carried them into the mines for their lunch break. They had done this in the old country mining tin, and continued it here in the US.
Check out this 1949 travel film. It reminds me of my youth, travelling the state with my family.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMR7veI78f8
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Tengger Caldera is
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the collapsed remnants of an ancient volcano forms a steeply walled crater nearly 10 kilometers (six miles) in diameter.
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I live in small city called Bogor. It is also called rain city, almost everyday is raining, even in the summer. We have the Bogor Botanical Garden, the 87 hectare garden is home of tropical flora more than 20.000 varieties and 6.000 species. Including Amorphopallus and Nepenthes Spathulata.
Whether you need a vacation or research, Indonesia is a good travel destination. 28 January 2011
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Elvis, Rocky Top, GSMNP( the only remaining free state park in the US), The Grand Ol Opry, Rock City, TVA, Peyton and Eli Manning (the only two reasons I even watch a game) and of course Dolly Parton!
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M$The county is also famous for Newstead Abbey the ancestral home of Lord Byron the poet. The abbey dates back to the twelfth century and draws visitors from around the world.
Nottingham is associated with the legendary outlaw Robin Hood and his merry men. Robin despite being an outlaw is portrayed as the good guy and is renowned for supposedly robbing the rich and giving the proceeds of his robberies to the poor and needy.
Robin and his band of merry men lived in Sherwood Forest, which you can still visit today. Sherwood Forest was in the time of Robin Hood a Royal Hunting Forest and today you can visit the Sherwood Forest Country Park and Visitor Centre in Edwinstowe.
The tree that Robin is supposed to have hid in once is a very large attraction of the park. When I was a child you could still climb on this huge tree called the Major Oak. However, these days it is fenced off because the feet of thousands of visitors walking around the tree was threatening to kill it.
The Nottinghamshire author D.H.Lawrence lived in Eastwood and his most famous or should I say infamous book was Lady Chatterley’s Lover, which was banned for over thirty years in England.
The book publisher Penguin went to court in 1960 to win the right to publish the book with the sexually explicit material left in. Penguin brought the book out as a paperback. Which sold for three shillings and six pence and 200,000 copies of the book sold on the first day of publication.
The First World War’s greatest flying Ace Albert Ball came from Nottingham and he was awarded Britains highest merit medal the Victoria Cross for his outstanding bravery.
The author J.M.Barrie who wrote the famous story Peter Pan worked as a write in Nottingham. It was the Nottingham artist Dudley Dexter who drew the children’s comic The Dandy’s loveable character of Desperate Dan the cow pie eating cowboy.
There are many more things that Nottinghamshire is famous for but I think this answer is already a little too long. :)
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Roll Tide!
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Across Canada, Albertans are are known to be the most conservative. In fact, they virtually never elect even one Liberal party representative to serve as a member of Parliament. Also, Alberta is known to always have a great economy. Even during the recent late 2000's economic downturn their economy remained strong, in part due to the rising price of oil.
People from all over the country have been flocking to Alberta lately because they have the best job market in the country. Canadians coast to coast can often be heard saying things like: "Oh, you're looking for a job, why not go up to Alberta."
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On a more general note salmon, crab, the seafood industry as a whole, in addition to hunting as we have the largest brown bear species in the world all on one island. Mineral and oil wealth is also usually a big topic associated with the state. Igloos and dog sledding also come to mind when one thinks, "Alaska". Though honestly the closest I've ever come to dog sledding is trying to walk my malamute on the ice. I built an igloo once when I was 5, but I've never lived in one.
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Eek! A couple of those images came out larger than I expected. Oops, sorry for taking up so much space. :-)
did you put those pics on, at the end of your answer, or in between writing it? Trying to get the hang of the new image system) Thanks.
I had to use "img src" code to put them in. The Mahalo system keeps giving me an error if I try to search for or upload photos.
Thanks for bearing with us while we sort out some of the kinks in the new system! :)