"Onion snow" is a regional term used primarily in the state of Pennsylvania, referring colloquially to the final snowfall before the end of the spring season. Some sources indicate that the onion snow typically occurs after the traditional time for…
Jefferson Island is a salt dome located in Iberia Parish, in Southern Louisiana. The term “Island” is a bit of a misnomer, as Jefferson Island and its nearby neighbor Avery Island are not actually islands at all, but rather protruding…
Folsom State Prison is one of the oldest prisons in the state of California and was the first prison in the world to have electric power. Folsom State Prison was built shortly after the California Gold Rush and it quickly…
Coney Island is a former island, now a peninsula, in the south of Brooklyn, New York City, in the United States. It is one of the five barrier islands of Long Island. Coney Island is also a neighborhood in the…
Carlsbad Caverns National Park features a series of some of the longest, deepest limestone caves in the United States. Located in southeastern New Mexico near the town of Carlsbad, the park offers year-round daily guided and self-guided tours of the…
The Martin ArtQuest Gallery, more commonly known as ArtQuest, is a facility that offers visitors a hands-on educational approach to the arts. It is located within the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, a popular art museum in Nashville, Tennesee.…
A state house is a building that serves as the seat of government for a US state. Typically, state houses are actually complexes of buildings that house an array of government offices with a formal building, known as the capitol…
A state capital is the city in a state within the United States of America in which the state legislature and major government offices are located. This is a necessarily loose definition because the location of a state’s capital is…
A five and dime is a store that sells a variety of inexpensive household items at discounted prices. The name five and dime refers to a category of stores that became popular in the late 19th century. The concept of…
A chuckwagon is a vehicle which carries food, water supplies, and kitchen utensils. The concept is most closely associated with the American West, where it was pioneered in the 1800s, although chuckwagons can be found in other places as well.…