Take a Hike
This is the easternmost national park in the U.S., and one of the best places to watch the sunrise.
Acadia
We saw this "Lunch Lady Land" singer as part of his tour in his native New England.
Adam Sandler
Michigan and Ohio have this great lake in common.
Lake Erie
Named after a town in Massachusetts just south of Waltham, this iconic cookie was one of the earliest commercially baked products in America.
Fig Newtons
An orphaned mouse finds a home with a new family ... who is embarking on a cross-country road trip to a beauty pageant.
Stuart Little Miss Sunshine
This is the second national park founded in the U.S., and the second National Park we visited as a couple.
Sequoia
We saw cover band "Start Making Sense," a play on this band's concert movie "Stop Making Sense."
Talking Heads
Ohio shares this state bird with six other states—the most of any bird.
Cardinal
The name of this dessert translates to "pick-me-up," referring to its strong espresso coffee and high sugar content.
Tiramisu
Five friends travel to a haunted cabin in the woods to recite the Necronomicon … and Walt Whitman with Robin Williams.
The Evil Dead Poets Society
This national park is named for the largest yucca in the world, which grows in a limited range in the U.S.
Joshua Tree
During their 2020 New Year's run in New York City, we watched the lead singer of this band get "jammed" in the rafters after a technical malfunction left him stuck more than 30 feet in the air.
Phish
This aggressive carnivore was the inspiration for Michigan's nickname.
Wolverine
Despite their name, most of the fruit used in this tangy dessert hails from Haiti, not from Florida.
Key Lime Pie
A psychopathic hitman is on the trail of a drug deal gone wrong, evading law enforcement ... and a secret organization that monitors extraterrestrial activity. (Tommy Lee Jones is in both!)
No Country for Old Men in Black
This national forest is the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. national forest system.
El Yunque
After being delayed by the pandemic, this band reeled in the years and played "The Royal Scam" in Boston
Steely Dan
Ohio's state native fruit is this—North America's largest native tree fruit.
Pawpaw
This cookie is a descendant of the Scottish twice-baked biscuit, and was traditionally served only during special occasions, such as Christmas or Hogmanay (New Year's).
Shortbread
In this Hitchcock classic, two acquaintances come up with the perfect plot to get away with murder ... but then find themselves knee-deep in the Edinburgh drug scene.
Strangers on a Trainspotting
Angel's Landing, a feature of this national park, boasts 1,500 foot drops on either side of the trail.
Zion
We saw this Stevie Nicks ex (and former Fleetwood Mac lead guitarist) when he played a concert in Portsmouth, NH
Lindsey Buckingham
Michigan gained the Upper Peninsula after losing this war
Toledo War (Michigan-Ohio War)
Food historians believe this dessert originated from Europeans in the Middle Ages using root vegetables as sweeteners when suger was unavailable.
Carrot Cake
A highschool girl must choose to go to prom with either her dorky friend, the new popular boy ... or Baltimore's "The Filthiest Person Alive."
Pretty in Pink Flamingos