Could you drive across a Virginia county and name every road sign you passed along the way? Many Virginians can’t. The route number stays fixed on the map, but the name painted on the sign overhead keeps changing anyway, block after block. These are the Virginia roads that switch names so often, even the people…
North Carolina stretches close to 500 miles from its western peaks to its eastern shoreline. Somewhere along that stretch, a handful of everyday words flip their meaning, and the person using them often has no idea it ever happened. These are the North Carolina words that mean one thing in the mountains and something else…
University of Florida entomologist Norman Leppla says Florida’s lovebug population is bouncing back this year after four years of decline. He’s watching for the next wave to settle in around September, right on schedule. Every fall, that timing turns driveways across Florida into a chemistry problem nobody signed up for. These are the lovebug mistakes…
A University of New Hampshire poll released this summer found that half of middle-aged Rhode Islanders would move out of state if they could swing it. These are the reasons people leave Rhode Island, according to those who did so. Note: This is general information, not financial, tax, or legal advice. Tax rates and housing…
For a lot of Wyomingites, what they miss when they move out of state isn’t things you can pack into a moving truck. It’s the empty space between towns, the dark skies at night, and the wildlife moving through familiar places. Once those things disappear, they can be surprisingly hard to replace. These are the…
Pennsylvania employs more confectionery workers than any other state in the country. That’s a lot of people telling the same candy stories. These are the Pennsylvania food origin stories that don’t hold up under a closer look. Cheesesteak’s Missing Cheese The Philly cheesesteak is supposed to have started with cheese already melted into the meat….
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says Americans lost hundreds of millions of dollars to AI-related scams last year. A cloned voice was often the first sign of trouble. Americans everywhere have learned to be wary of an unfamiliar voice on the phone, but Texans are finding fresh reasons to extend that caution to artificial…
Alabama has some 460 cities and towns, and every single one writes its own book of ordinances. These are Alabama town ordinances that carry a fine residents rarely expect. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Municipal ordinances and fine amounts are subject to change. 1. Rainbow City’s Leash-and-Bag Fine Rainbow City requires anyone…
A lot of people hear the name Nauvoo, Alabama and assume Mormon pioneers built it, the same way they built the original Nauvoo in Illinois. Wrong guess. The reason traces back to one resident’s travels, and it has nothing to do with the Latter-day Saints at all. These are the Alabama town names with origins…
Pennsylvania’s small game season opens Saturday, September 12, the first test this year for every hunter who bought a Pennsylvania license for the first time. Many new buyers assume that license covers everything they plan to hunt this fall. It doesn’t. These are the Pennsylvania hunting rules that trip up first-time license buyers before they…
