Would you trust a hand-me-down casserole dish from a Wisconsin estate sale with tonight’s dinner, sight unseen? The Wisconsin Department of Health Services wouldn’t. Its guidance lists vintage cookware and dishware right alongside old paint as something to test for lead before it comes into the house. These are the vintage kitchen items Wisconsinites should…
Tennessee law limits a funeral balloon release to 25, and state code fines a family $250 for each balloon beyond that count. Balloons are only part of it. A lot of what Tennesseans do to say goodbye to their loved ones traces back generations, and a good share of it has worn out its welcome….
Do you know anyone who’s never left the state they grew up in? In Allegany County, out past the ridges of Western Maryland, more than seven in ten residents are Maryland natives who stayed, according to the Census Bureau’s latest estimates. These are the Maryland habits that place someone within an hour of home. 1….
Ten Northeast states crown Dunkin’ over Starbucks in search interest, and Pennsylvania is one of them, according to a nationwide coffee-habits study from Innerbody Research. Starbucks still leads everywhere else. This is where Dunkin’, not Starbucks, owns Pennsylvania’s coffee scene. Behind the Coffee Rankings Innerbody Research built its study from Google Trends data on coffee-related…
A marble plaque in a Rate Field parking lot marks the exact spot where Comiskey Park’s home plate once stood, according to a historical marker on the site. That spot sits roughly 500 feet from home plate in the ballpark that replaced it. That’s as close as any place on this list comes to still…
Missouri’s Department of Conservation opens the season’s first firearms deer portion next weekend, Oct. 9 through 11, in the counties that allow antlerless permits. That’s just the early portion. Shop owners, cooks, and processors across the Ozarks and the river bottoms notice the shift weeks before the big November opener. These are the signs hunting…
The moment a Vermont shopper crosses into New Hampshire, the receipt they receive looks different. That’s just the start of it. These are the things that change the second Vermonters cross into New Hampshire. Note: This is general information, not legal or tax advice. Tax rates, consumer rules, and traffic laws in both states are…
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sued Roku in 2025 over how the company handles information from kids who use its TVs. The case is still ongoing. Roku isn’t the only smart TV brand collecting more than viewers realize. These are the smart TV settings Michiganders should turn off tonight. 1. Samsung’s Viewing Information Toggle Samsung’s…
A study published in the journal Science in 2025 found that two of Florida’s reef-building corals, staghorn and elkhorn, are functionally extinct in the wild. Plenty more across the state is slipping away, too. These are the disappearing things Floridians won’t be able to enjoy much longer. 1. Apalachicola’s Wild Oysters Apalachicola Bay used to…
More than 20,000 employees co-own the WinCo Foods where many Oregonians shop every week, according to the National Center for Employee Ownership’s national rankings. These are the things WinCo’s employee ownership changes for Oregonians. 1. Owned by Workers, Not Wall Street WinCo Foods is 100% employee owned through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). The…
