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Wisconsin may be the land of cheese curds, supper clubs, and fiercely loyal football fans—but nothing outs a tourist faster than mispronouncing one of...
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Wisconsin may be the land of cheese curds, supper clubs, and fiercely loyal football fans—but nothing outs a tourist faster than mispronouncing one of...
West Virginia may be country roads, front porch pickin’, and holler wisdom—but if you start saying town names like you just rolled in from...
Washington might be all mountains, moss, and meticulously brewed coffee—but if you think the names of our towns make sense, you’ve clearly never tried...
Everything’s bigger in Texas—including the list of town names that sound nothing like they look. With roots in Spanish, German, Czech, and good ol’...
Utah is known for its stunning red rocks, snow-capped mountains, and an oddly high concentration of people who can run a marathon before breakfast....
Virginia is for lovers—and also for folks who know how to pronounce its town names without sounding like they just got lost on the...
Rhode Island may be the smallest state in the U.S., but it crams a whole lot of confusion into its town names. With a...
South Carolina is sweet tea, Spanish moss, and saying “yes ma’am” with a smile—but if you butcher a town name, that smile might get...
Tennessee might be the birthplace of country music, moonshine, and barbecue rivalries—but it’s also a land where the town names come with built-in booby...
Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain—and so do confused tourists trying to pronounce our town names. With deep Native American roots,...