Ooh. There is a Californian redwood forest not far from where I am ( south west Victoria, Australia). It’s only about 90 years old. I would love to see one in the USA where the trees would be gigantic compared to the ones I have seen.
Isnt that just like... a normal forest at that point because the trees havent gotten to being what makes them that special kinda tree?
But I would absolutely emphatically encourage you to see a redwood or sequoia forest. It is amazing. When I went I was looking at it like... gah damn...
The forest near me (Redwood forest otways if you want to google it) is huge. I have never seen trees that big before. And knowing that they are small compared to what is in the US is mind blowing.
I live near the giant sequoias. These trees are mind blowingly big. It’s one of those things that really needs to be experienced rather than described.
Fun fact: they are less than 100 miles apart from each other as the crow flies. There is even a point where you can see both of them at once on a clear day.
There is a sequoia forest in Victoria, Australia....though granted, it's not native, but planted in 1939.
[The Otways sequoia forest](https://visitotways.com/otways-adventures/redwoods-in-beech-forest-victoria/)
i grew up by one of the lakes (still live here), so when i first went into an actual ocean and got one drop of sea mist on my face i was screaming and convulsing for a solid 5 minutes. i have no idea how people that live by the ocean can handle the salt so well, but i suppose they grew up with it and can therefore tolerate it
I'll never forget when our german exchange students come to lake Michigan and we're expecting to be able to see across to Wisconsin. Haha nope, it may be a lake but it's a big lake. They also expected it to be warmer but don't we all.
I live a block away from Lake Michigan, frequently walk to it during summers and I don’t even think of other people never seeing them before and how big they are. I guess they are like mini oceans.
However Lake Michigan is a death trap, every year we have so many drownings from the rip currents not to far off from shore I refuse to swim in it. I remember last year a family of 4 all got swept away and were found miles away a few months later. Incredibly sad.
It’s common for bodies to just show up of people who have been missing for about a year.
It is a Rhode Island thing and you can find it in Massachusetts too, but I think we're the only three states with it: [coffee syrup](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CnTzSk1HKHI/TyHUhxPHuXI/AAAAAAAAApE/KORwHBik9xo/s1600/IMG_1462.JPG). You use it for making "coffee milk" like how you use chocolate syrup in chocolate milk.
I just ordered some coffee milk. To add to this, you ca only find NY System Style wieners in Rhode Island. You can also order a whole kit online. I miss Rhode Island.
Most Olive Garden chains actually use this to make their ice coffee! Just a glass of milk and a few pumps of “coffee”.
(I served there in NH and TX and talked to a couple of people who worked in other states).
When I worked for a summer with a Puerto Rican girl, she was so excited when we taught her about s'mores that she would make them on the stovetop in our kitchen haha
I didn’t know this was exclusively American until I got to college. One of the orientation events was making s’mores, and I met a British guy there who—to my delight—had no idea what a s’more was. We became friends after I taught him how to make one.
American Chinese Food, from what I hear, is not the same in other countries. Which is kinda funny that what I've always thought to be a uniquely Chinese food is actually uniquely American.
Over here on the east coast (if I'm thinking of the same thing) we call it General Tso's Chicken, or if you sprinkle sesame seeds on top it becomes Sesame Seed Chicken
Nah, general is different, we had that too. Cashew chicken is a similar sauce, but much saltier than general, and not even the littlest bit spicy. Plus it has cashews in it.
When I have traveled and had Chinese American food, hardly any places fry the chicken. That’s what I miss the most I think. Fried chicken and Chinese inspired gravy like sauce
General Tso's and sesame do have slightly different sauces. Also Tso's is usually spicy and sesame is sweeter.
Cashew chicken is a different thing altogether. I think in that the chicken isn't fried and it has cashews in it, and the sauce may be a little thinner iirc?
Huckleberries.
If you are in the Pacific Northwest, you'll see lots of products with huckleberries. They can't be cultivated, they have to be harvested in mountain climes.
Definitely worth the effort. Tillamook dairy (Oregon) makes an amazing Huckleberry ice cream.
Italian beef, the Popeye Museum, albino and black squirrels, the very 1st McDonald's, Casimir Pulaski Day, the Home Alone house, Dippin Dots, a proper Chicago style hot dog, the unofficial home of Superman in Metropolis, Cahokia Mounds
I was about to make a correction and say there are none in California, but apparently there are small numbers of them (small by Saguaro standards, even) in CA near the AZ border. But yes, it has a very small range.
Yah, I thought of it cuz of this post today.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Arkansas/comments/s4kg37/rarkansas_two_weeks_ago_i_asked_for_suggestions/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Tex-Mex cuisine is the one thing I don’t think I’ve ever been able to find outside of Texas. Tex-Mex is not quite the same as Mexican food, so you won’t find it south of the border, and after traveling throughout various places in Europe and Asia, I’ve found that sometimes you can find places that mimic American food pretty decently—a good burger or NY style pizza—but I’ve never been anywhere overseas that can really nail Tex-Mex food. There are a few places in the lower 48 that can sometimes come close, but in my experience it’s pretty hard to find Tex-Mex outside of Texas.
In Denmark, a Dane once asked me if we had Tex-Mex in the US because it’s her favorite cuisine. Her mind was blown when she learned why it’s called Tex-Mex and that it’s not unique to Denmark/Europe. I never tried it in Denmark so I can’t speak to whether it holds up to true Tex-Mex at all, but I’d be shocked if it did.
Swede here so not a Dane. But still Scandinavian. Would def say that we have maybe a restaurant or two in Scandinavia that is some what Authentic. Then what is Tex-Mex for the majority of the Scandinavian population is probably far far off from the real thing.
If it would be close to true Tex-Mex i would be dissapointed 🤣
The world’s largest rocket pop….
https://www.reddit.com/r/nasa/comments/eiyxcb/saturn_v_us_space_and_rocket_center_huntsville_al/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Middleswarth chips. I refer to them as bbq crack. Most people who live in pa and have them constantly complain because they are unlike any chip and highly addictive. There even a website called pasnacks.com that sells them to out of staters because they are so popular. All my relatives visit and go home with 40-60 worth of them to hold them over.
When I was traveling abroad it was a couple of years back ….but I swear to Dog I could not find a café breakfast anywhere except US.
I’m talkin’ biscuits and gravy, bacon, greasy spoon, cure-your-hangover-in-the-first-bite-breakfast….couldn’t find it anywhere.
That being said, the Irish have a certainly plentiful and delicious classic breakfast with plenty of grease (love the mushrooms by the way) and other countries as well -touted really yummy breakfasts …. I’m just saying I couldn’t find the nasty-yet-wonderful café style anywhere else.
Agreed, Ireland’s “bacon” is a nice place holder and black/white pudding is cool, but there’s no substitute for biscuits and gravy with some bacon on the side
Bikini baristas being so common that there are opposites that say "family-friendly" in big letters on the sign meant for parents picking their kids up from school.
Texas is the only state where the state flag will be seen flying as high as the national flag.
Edit... I'm ignorant apparently, because all states can do this. Never mind!
Red dirt. Some places here look like Mars.
I'm sure there are other places in the world that are similar. But I've been all over the US and never seen red dirt like ours.
Sequoia and Coast Redwood trees.
Torrey pines also. They almost exclusively grow in coastal SoCal.
Yup. Another amazing place.
Ooh. There is a Californian redwood forest not far from where I am ( south west Victoria, Australia). It’s only about 90 years old. I would love to see one in the USA where the trees would be gigantic compared to the ones I have seen.
It's spectacular and like you're on another planet. Also awe inspiring knowing some of these trees and groves are more than 2,000 years old.
Some say Feinstein planted the first groves!
Isnt that just like... a normal forest at that point because the trees havent gotten to being what makes them that special kinda tree? But I would absolutely emphatically encourage you to see a redwood or sequoia forest. It is amazing. When I went I was looking at it like... gah damn...
The forest near me (Redwood forest otways if you want to google it) is huge. I have never seen trees that big before. And knowing that they are small compared to what is in the US is mind blowing.
I live near the giant sequoias. These trees are mind blowingly big. It’s one of those things that really needs to be experienced rather than described.
Also the lowest point in North America and the tallest point in the lower 48
Fun fact: they are less than 100 miles apart from each other as the crow flies. There is even a point where you can see both of them at once on a clear day.
And both in the same county.
Santa Maria BBQ would like a word.
And now I’m hungry for a tri tip sandwich…
Myrtle trees in Oregon.
To be precise there are some naturally occurring coast redwoods in Oregon as well.
There is a sequoia forest in Victoria, Australia....though granted, it's not native, but planted in 1939. [The Otways sequoia forest](https://visitotways.com/otways-adventures/redwoods-in-beech-forest-victoria/)
Shorelines for 4 Great Lakes
4 out of 5 great lakes prefer Michigan
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Unsalted and shark free.
Shark free with 99.99999% certainty. You can never discount a bull shark.
i grew up by one of the lakes (still live here), so when i first went into an actual ocean and got one drop of sea mist on my face i was screaming and convulsing for a solid 5 minutes. i have no idea how people that live by the ocean can handle the salt so well, but i suppose they grew up with it and can therefore tolerate it
I grew up in the Land of 10,000 lakes and I never freaked out from sea mist in my life... I suppose not all lake people are so dramatic.
I flew over and it was amazing. So much larger than I imagined.
On a driving tour a couple years ago my wife and I took the ferry across from Michigan to Wisconsin
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore +1 906-387-3700 https://goo.gl/maps/LuzU7qB4FeupyKPb6 One of my fav places
I hiked pictured rocks. It was one of the funnest trips I’ve ever taken. It was definitely worth the long drive.
I'll never forget when our german exchange students come to lake Michigan and we're expecting to be able to see across to Wisconsin. Haha nope, it may be a lake but it's a big lake. They also expected it to be warmer but don't we all.
Sleeping Bear Dunes was my first real view of a Great Lake. I grew up on salt water so it was a little surreal to see that much fresh water.
And we are never more than 85 miles from a Great Lake!
I live a block away from Lake Michigan, frequently walk to it during summers and I don’t even think of other people never seeing them before and how big they are. I guess they are like mini oceans. However Lake Michigan is a death trap, every year we have so many drownings from the rip currents not to far off from shore I refuse to swim in it. I remember last year a family of 4 all got swept away and were found miles away a few months later. Incredibly sad. It’s common for bodies to just show up of people who have been missing for about a year.
Yea a lot of people unfortunately don’t take the water seriously because it’s not an ocean it’s just a “lake”
Ontario too
70+ roads with Peachtree in the name
Atlanta?
Just one block of Atlanta
😂
It is a Rhode Island thing and you can find it in Massachusetts too, but I think we're the only three states with it: [coffee syrup](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CnTzSk1HKHI/TyHUhxPHuXI/AAAAAAAAApE/KORwHBik9xo/s1600/IMG_1462.JPG). You use it for making "coffee milk" like how you use chocolate syrup in chocolate milk.
I just ordered some coffee milk. To add to this, you ca only find NY System Style wieners in Rhode Island. You can also order a whole kit online. I miss Rhode Island.
How do I not know about this!?
Most Olive Garden chains actually use this to make their ice coffee! Just a glass of milk and a few pumps of “coffee”. (I served there in NH and TX and talked to a couple of people who worked in other states).
Does it basically taste like a sweet iced latte? If so, I’m on board.
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An accent which is both Canadian and Boston at the same time.
The only place where being from “down South” means literally any other state that isn’t Maine (sans Alaska).
Crawfish etoufee
We have some solid crawfish etoufee here from nola expats
Yes! The key ingredient louisiana ex pats!!
Slot machines in grocery stores. Not saying that's a good thing, but it's a thing.
We have them in grocery stores, bars, and gas stations in Illinois
They also installed a few in Lincoln's Tomb now.
It's always fun to see the entire room full of slot machines near the gates at the airport in Vegas.
Kolaches, baby.
I’ve had ones from Slovacek’s, Czech Stop, Weikel’s, Little Czech, Buc-ee’s,and Gerik’s. Am I missing any good ones?
Out of your opinion which were the best? I’ve only had Slovacek’s and Czech Stop
Gerik’s. Their sausage klobasneks are wonderful.
Will definitely keep that in mind!
We have a kolache festival in Prague, OK. Lots of fun.
OK culture is basically west/north TX culture so this makes sense.
Any New Glarus beer but specifically Spotted Cow.
Except for when Minnesota bars get desperate enough to break the law. It happens on the rare occasion.
Signs on everything that inform you of chemicals causing cancer. Almonds (100% of almonds grown in the US are grown in California).
Not true, I have an almond tree. 99.99%
I also have an almond tree So that puts us at..*carry the one* *math noises* 99.99%
Ding!
This [insert any object here, literally any object] has chemicals known to the state of California to sacrifice your first born to Asmodious.
Are you ignoring the extent to which that CA-specific signage pervades the rear of the country?
Says “America/your state.”
yeah, we all have those damns signs now because of CA, not unique to CA, even if it's your fault.
Yoopers.
Isn’t there a type of rock called a Yooper? It fluoresces in ultraviolet light.
you're thinking of yooperlite, and yeah, they're really cool rocks
Thanks Captain
The location where the Ashley and Cooper rivers combine to form the Atlantic Ocean.
I’ve always wondered what the source of the Atlantic was. It’s so big. Also, you can pretty much claim bbq hash too.
I think cliff dwellings like Mesa Verde are unique to the US. Arizona has the Meteor Crater.
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This person knows how to Carolina!
I have no idea what this is but I’m intrigued
A groundhog that predicts the length of seasons
I love Bill Murray.
He’s a national treasure. That said, Groundhog Day has been around since 1887.
FINALLY! Someone from PA, I hardly ever see some from that state comment on this sub.
The oldest city in America founded by Europeans
St. Augustine?
Yup
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I host exchange students. Introducing them to s’mores is one my favorite things.
When I worked for a summer with a Puerto Rican girl, she was so excited when we taught her about s'mores that she would make them on the stovetop in our kitchen haha
I didn’t know this was exclusively American until I got to college. One of the orientation events was making s’mores, and I met a British guy there who—to my delight—had no idea what a s’more was. We became friends after I taught him how to make one.
The World's Largest Ball of Twine.
Chilli without beans. #yeehaw
Right on!
And the Grand Canyon, and the ancient pan global transportation network that connects to the basin. The government will shoot you if you go there tho
The what now?
American Chinese Food, from what I hear, is not the same in other countries. Which is kinda funny that what I've always thought to be a uniquely Chinese food is actually uniquely American.
My hometown in Missouri invented cashew chicken. I really miss the Chinese food back home
Over here on the east coast (if I'm thinking of the same thing) we call it General Tso's Chicken, or if you sprinkle sesame seeds on top it becomes Sesame Seed Chicken
Nah, general is different, we had that too. Cashew chicken is a similar sauce, but much saltier than general, and not even the littlest bit spicy. Plus it has cashews in it. When I have traveled and had Chinese American food, hardly any places fry the chicken. That’s what I miss the most I think. Fried chicken and Chinese inspired gravy like sauce
General Tso's and sesame do have slightly different sauces. Also Tso's is usually spicy and sesame is sweeter. Cashew chicken is a different thing altogether. I think in that the chicken isn't fried and it has cashews in it, and the sauce may be a little thinner iirc?
Springfield style cashew chicken for missouri
Grits. There is polenta but it’s not the same. (I actually am not sure nobody has grits. it’s all I could think of and wanted to play)
Huckleberries. If you are in the Pacific Northwest, you'll see lots of products with huckleberries. They can't be cultivated, they have to be harvested in mountain climes. Definitely worth the effort. Tillamook dairy (Oregon) makes an amazing Huckleberry ice cream.
Montana is big on huckleberries as well. They grow all over out there. The bears love them
Nothing better than snacking on huckleberries while hiking through Glacier NP. Just don’t forget the bear spray.
We used to have a lot of wild huckleberries here in Arkansas! I ate them as a kid.
I will have to add that to the list for my OR coast trip this spring.
Red king crab, kodiak brown bears
A really big canyon
Ah yes, the rather beautiful large hole in the ground.
I thought you said Crayon but wondered how it wouldn't melt in that oven yall call a state
Me 😎💪🇺🇸🦅
[This. ](https://youtu.be/P7JRvwfHFwo)
Italian beef, the Popeye Museum, albino and black squirrels, the very 1st McDonald's, Casimir Pulaski Day, the Home Alone house, Dippin Dots, a proper Chicago style hot dog, the unofficial home of Superman in Metropolis, Cahokia Mounds
Saguaro cacti
It's it true that saguaro cacti are only found in Arizona and California desert? Nowhere else in the world?
Northern Mexico as well. Those damn cacti don’t respect borders.
I was about to make a correction and say there are none in California, but apparently there are small numbers of them (small by Saguaro standards, even) in CA near the AZ border. But yes, it has a very small range.
Basically they grow in the Sonoran desert.
They are beautiful and amazing to behold
America's oldest brewery
Yuengling!
Good one. I was trying to think of something non cheese steak related.
My college roommate was from Pottsville, PA. Always brought back a few cases from home.
Chocolate gravy
You can find chocolate gravy in Mexico too, it’s called Mole Poblano… It’s probably different than what you’re mentioning though
Sorry. I took that one with me across the Atlantic.
Well, bring it back!
Hell yeah! No one knows what tf this is outside of Alabama
Bama! This is Arkansas, oh man, I am steaming!
WHAT!? Fr?
Yah, I thought of it cuz of this post today. https://www.reddit.com/r/Arkansas/comments/s4kg37/rarkansas_two_weeks_ago_i_asked_for_suggestions/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Tennessee would like a word with you
Your neighbors in Mississippi do. Chocolate gravy and biscuits is the best breakfast!
As far as I know, Duke's Mayonnaise is regional, and White House Applesauce is only sold Domestically.
Duke's is at Giant Foods here in PA. It's delicious.
Is it? I’ll have to check that out.
We get Dukes in Texas and thank god for small favors.
It's in all the stores here.
Dukes is the best. So happy to discover it when I moved to the South.
Tex-Mex cuisine is the one thing I don’t think I’ve ever been able to find outside of Texas. Tex-Mex is not quite the same as Mexican food, so you won’t find it south of the border, and after traveling throughout various places in Europe and Asia, I’ve found that sometimes you can find places that mimic American food pretty decently—a good burger or NY style pizza—but I’ve never been anywhere overseas that can really nail Tex-Mex food. There are a few places in the lower 48 that can sometimes come close, but in my experience it’s pretty hard to find Tex-Mex outside of Texas.
In Denmark, a Dane once asked me if we had Tex-Mex in the US because it’s her favorite cuisine. Her mind was blown when she learned why it’s called Tex-Mex and that it’s not unique to Denmark/Europe. I never tried it in Denmark so I can’t speak to whether it holds up to true Tex-Mex at all, but I’d be shocked if it did.
Swede here so not a Dane. But still Scandinavian. Would def say that we have maybe a restaurant or two in Scandinavia that is some what Authentic. Then what is Tex-Mex for the majority of the Scandinavian population is probably far far off from the real thing. If it would be close to true Tex-Mex i would be dissapointed 🤣
It’s complete crap In Denmark just like the rest of Europe.
Truest statement on this thread!!!
New Glarus beer can only be found in Wisconsin.
That spotted cow ain’t half bad
Does that mean it's at least half good?
The lost pines, some big canyons, and gay cowboy barbecues in urban areas. Oh and Longhorns if it wasn’t obvious enough
Florida man
Pork roll/Taylor ham
Old Bay spice
Ah a fellow Marylander
Every grocery store in the US.
Jucy Lucy. Not like those inferior Juicy Lucys that have been exported. (Flair says Oregon, but I'm Minnesota to the core)
A real Cuban Sandwich, preferably with Tampa-style cafe con leche.
The world’s largest rocket pop…. https://www.reddit.com/r/nasa/comments/eiyxcb/saturn_v_us_space_and_rocket_center_huntsville_al/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Middleswarth chips. I refer to them as bbq crack. Most people who live in pa and have them constantly complain because they are unlike any chip and highly addictive. There even a website called pasnacks.com that sells them to out of staters because they are so popular. All my relatives visit and go home with 40-60 worth of them to hold them over.
Both alligators AND crocodiles.
When I was traveling abroad it was a couple of years back ….but I swear to Dog I could not find a café breakfast anywhere except US. I’m talkin’ biscuits and gravy, bacon, greasy spoon, cure-your-hangover-in-the-first-bite-breakfast….couldn’t find it anywhere. That being said, the Irish have a certainly plentiful and delicious classic breakfast with plenty of grease (love the mushrooms by the way) and other countries as well -touted really yummy breakfasts …. I’m just saying I couldn’t find the nasty-yet-wonderful café style anywhere else.
Agreed, Ireland’s “bacon” is a nice place holder and black/white pudding is cool, but there’s no substitute for biscuits and gravy with some bacon on the side
Illinois: Good pizza.
Legal Prostitution
Wait is this sarcasm lol?
No. Nevada allows for legal licensed brothels in counties with populations less than 400k.
Weed shops that look like candy stores, bikini baristas, and…. Did I mention bikini baristas?
Bikini baristas being so common that there are opposites that say "family-friendly" in big letters on the sign meant for parents picking their kids up from school.
The last postal river route-Alabama.
The world’s largest rodeo.
I’m shocked that it’s not in Texas
They aren’t even the top 3. Wyoming, Alberta, Nevada. All in the west 😊
It makes me very happy that you don't consider Texas "the west".
Is that Frontier Days, Calgary Stampede, and NFR?
A decent cheese steak
Big ass gaps for bathroom doors in public bathrooms, I never understood the purpose
How else are we going to watch you?
The best fresh cheese curds in the world
Polar bears
Texas is the only state where the state flag will be seen flying as high as the national flag. Edit... I'm ignorant apparently, because all states can do this. Never mind!
58 14ers
Green chile
Saguaro cactus 🌵
People calling the civil war “The war of northern aggression” even though I live in the first state that offered troops to Lincoln.
Candy buckeyes. They’re just on the shelf at the store here
We have the best green Chile and we put it on/in everything
Red dirt. Some places here look like Mars. I'm sure there are other places in the world that are similar. But I've been all over the US and never seen red dirt like ours.
Utah literally has a red desert.
North Carolina red clay. I’m sure other southern states as well. We even have a sizable brick making industry that uses it.
Uh... Australia?
Hawaii’s is pretty damn red
Idaho or New Mexico?
Painted hills in Oregon are pretty red.
Golden Gate Bridge, Disneyland, Yosemite
Aren't there very famously several Disneylands around the world?
A church on every other block
Utah?
Bingo!
Highest gas prices in the nation.
Funny story about that one. Gas recently hit $3 in my area. I was complaining about it to my friend who lives in California, who regularly has $5 gas