Fun Facts - Mid Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, OH, ON, PA, VA, WV)

Fun facts about Long Island, the Hamptons, Montauk, Fire Island Levittown, the first suburbia in the U.S., was built on Long Island in 1947. In 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field, as he embarked on the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Fun facts about Manhattan and New York City In the 1660s New York City's skyline was dominated by a two-story-high windmill. When the Dutch still controlled the region, Wall Street was the city limit and there was actually a wall there. Fun facts about Woodstock, Cooperstown, New Paltz, Catskills and Hudson Valley Contrary to popular lore, the original Woodstock Music and Art Festival in 1969 didn't take place in Woodstock. Fun facts about Lake Placid, Lake George, Saratoga Springs, Adirondacks and Northern New York Fun facts about Toronto, Niagara Falls, Finger Lakes in Western New York and South Central Ontario Buffalo, NY has three interesting claims to fame: Buffalo wings were served for the first time ever at the Anchor Bar on Main Street in 1964; Buffalo was the first city in the U.S. to have electric street-lights; and the windshield wiper was invented in Buffalo. Fun facts about Atlantic City, Wildwood, Cape May, New Jersey Shore At the age of 11, Fred Astaire, the dancing extraordinaire, made his stage debut in Keyport 's Old Palace Theater. Fun facts about Philadelphia, Lancaster, the Poconos, Eastern Pennsylvania Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love got its name from one of its most famous citizens, William Penn, who saw his tract of land as a place where everyone from every background could live together in peace and harmony. Fun facts about Washington D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland The average $1 bill (printed at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving ) remains in circulation for a period of 22 months. Each day the Bureau of Printing and Engraving produces some 35 million individual notes valued at $635 million. Fun facts about Richmond, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, North Carolina's Outer Banks The annual Delmarva Chicken Festival uses one of the world's largest frying pans. Built in 1950, the behemoth pan is 10 feet in diameter, can hold up to 180 gallons of oil, and can fry up 800 chicken quarters at once. Fun facts about Pittsburgh and Southwestern Pennsylvania Besides Venice, Pittsburgh has more bridges than any other city in the world -720 within the city limits!