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Montana’s name comes from the Spanish word montaña, meaning "mountain" or more broadly "mountainous country.” You probably know it by its unofficia...
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When you hear the word “cheese”, what place comes to mind? Yeah, my first thought was France, too (remember Meg Ryan’s comment in French Kiss: “Did...
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Let’s start with the firsts, and we’ll finish with the seafood.
New Hampshire (nicknamed "The Granite State" referring to its extensive granite fo...
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You Go Girl is based in MN, and one of our neighbors is South Dakota, which got its name from Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes who ...
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Established as a royal colony in 1729, North Carolina was one of the 13 colonies and is named in honor of King Charles I of England who first forme...
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Did you get to read about all the great things that embody Kentucky, and why we at
You Go Girl recommend it for your next getaway? Well, one thing...
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Quite a list! Let’s start at the top.
Oklahoma comes from the Choctaw language phrase okla humma, literally meaning honored people. (The w...
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Being a bit independent myself, I admire Rhode Island’s history. Its tradition of independence and dissent gave it a large role in the American Rev...
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You Go Girl is staying in the south again this week, visiting another Gulf Coast state: Mississippi (confess, you spelled that out rather than rea...
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The Mountain State is where we’re headed this week. Back when I was in school, I remember one of my teachers saying that West Virginia split from...
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You know South Dakota is known for its expansive rolling prairies, Mount Rushmore, the Badlands, Sturgis, and has a city designated as the geogra...
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Located between the Mississippi River on the east and the Missouri River on the west, nothing speaks middle America much more than Iowa. Original...
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