The father of our county still retains the title of the only president who ever wore dentures, they were made of wood.

The Minnesota Twins Baseball Team gets his name from the Twin largest cities of Minnesota, Minneapolis and this, the state's capital.

This war shares the distinction of being one of the longest in American history, being beaten only by Vietnam in length, at 8 years.

Washington Irving wrote this horrific short story based on a legend common in a real town in upstate new york.

Ben Franklin needed to see better.

This lanky 16th president, famous for his wit, once responded to a heckler calling him two-faced by simply posing the question, "if I were two-faced, why am I wearing this one?"

This Texas capital hosts a music festival every year in the summer, hosting a variety of acts from alternative to country to rock and roll bands.

This war was the first to use the Gatling gun, that was, similar to the guillotine was invented by a doctor to stop killing, rather than prolonging it.

This book was banned in many schools for its (at the time), risque depiction of race relations, amongst Jim, a traveler along the Mississippi river, and its title character.

Eli Whitney needed to spin cotton faster.

This legendary president, despite his love of saving nature in the national parks, did punch a kangaroo in a boxing match at the turn of the century.

The country's first interstate capital, it was a hotbed for revolutionary activity in the early days of the USA.

This is the one and only time the USA has been invaded by a foreign power.

Henry Fleming wrote a terrifying story about a deserter during the Civil War in 1895.

Theodore Maiman wanted to fry things with light, and possibly make star trek a reality.

This mysterious and ornery president earned his nickname, "old hickory" by virtue of his angry and crotchety personality.

Washington's state capital, not Seattle, bears a similar name to the ancient site of the Panhellenic games in western greece.

Teddy Roosevelt earned his reputation during the Battle of San Juan during this war, in which he led an outnumbered regiment to a successful capture of an important strategic position that won the battle.

Written as a scathing retort to consumerism and decadence of the 1920s, and what kind of people they breed, this story is regarded as one of the greatest character studies of a lead character in American History. F.Scott does it again.

Ruth Graves Wakefield needed a tasty treat to drive her young children crazy.

This president, who saw the country through the Vietnam war, ordered his trousers custom made from a local DC tailor, even before he became President,

This south carolina capital was sacked by Blackbeard in 1717, ultimately leading to his demise at the hands of The Royal Navy the next year.

Allied troops turned to enemies 20 years after capturing Mexico City in 1848.

The Heir, perchance, to F.Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, Arthur Miller wrote a play about Willy Loman, a man who is broken down by the capitalist system.

The allied forces needed a deception tactic to throw the nazis off the scent of D-Day, so they invented these deadly-looking ballons in 1944.