Eleven years straight, the American Customer Satisfaction Index named the same fast-food chain the country’s most satisfying, and the streak belonged to Chick-fil-A. It fell to second place this year. That’s a big shift for a company that built its name in a single Georgia diner decades before it grew into a nationally known fast-food…
The Georgia National Fair opens in Perry on Oct. 8, and the interstate exits leading into town will fill with drivers who each grew up trusting a different gas station to fuel up along the way. These are the gas station habits that give away which part of Georgia someone is from. 1. Growing up…
Illinois taxes a home at more than double the rate Missouri does. That’s not the only gap between these two states. St. Clair County and St. Louis County sit across one bridge from each other, and if you live near either one, you already know which side treats you better. These are the reasons Illinoisans…
More than 90% of cats past age 12 show signs of degenerative joint disease. Many of those cats never full-out limp. A stiff jump onto the couch or a skipped trip to the litter box is often the only clue anyone gets. These are small changes that make life easier for senior pets in Maryland…
The average winter’s snowfall across the Twin Cities is 54 inches, and a mail carrier on foot walks through a good share of it. You can bet they’re taking note of a lot of things. These are the things Minnesota mail carriers notice about a house long before anyone answers the door. 1. Dog in…
A Nevadan who packs up for almost any other state gets a jolt on their first paycheck: An extra line for state income tax. That’s just one of many things that Nevadans miss most after they move away. 1. Public Land Nobody Fences More than 80 percent of Nevada’s land belongs to the federal government,…
Can you name the only U.S. state that has to print the word “USA” on its license plate just to prove where it’s from? New Mexico has done exactly that since 1969, according to the state’s tourism magazine. That’s only the start. These are the things that confuse everyone who moves to New Mexico. Note:…
More than half of every bottle of Korbel brandy sold in the U.S. lands in a Wisconsin glass, according to a 2019 sales count from the distillery. It comes from the supper club, the classic Wisconsin restaurant built around a slow dinner, a stiff drink, and a set of rules nobody hands out-of-staters at the…
Nebraska Athletics’ 2026 schedule sends fans back to Memorial Stadium this Saturday, October 3, for the Big Ten home opener against Maryland. Plenty of them will stop for a Runza before kickoff without looking at the menu. These are the Nebraska Runza rules Nebraskans enforce without saying so. 1. Calling It a Runza, Not a…
You pull off I-35 in West, Texas, point at a tray of sausage-stuffed rolls, and ask for two kolaches. The clerk reaches for a different tray instead. Texas lawmakers named West the state’s Czech heritage capital back in 1997, and the bakeries inside that town are still understandably proud of it. These are the Texas…
