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This colonial community became infamous after courts accepted dream-based testimony as legal evidence.
What is Salem? (Salem Witch Trials)
Launched in 1804 from St. Louis, this trip's journals documented everything from new plant species to Native nations as it traveled to the Pacific and back.
What is the Lewis & Clark Expedition?
Before returning to the NFL, this former No. 1 draft pick spent part of his 23-month sentence at the federal facility in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Who is Michael Vick?
Home to half of the world’s remaining geothermal features, this national park sits atop a massive volcanic caldera spanning parts of three states.
What is Yellowstone?
This future 21-time Oscar nominee got her first film role in 1977, playing a small part in Julia alongside Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave.
Who is Maryl Streep?
This controversial 1971 study on power dynamics was halted after six days when student volunteers assigned to opposing roles showed alarming levels of abuse.
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
This global competition was hosted in St. Louis in 1904 - the first time it was ever hosted in the US.
What are the Olympic Games?
Hailing from Kansas, this is Dorothy's last name in The Wizard of Oz.
What is Gale?
Named for the lowest, hottest, and driest place in the country, this park straddles the California–Nevada border and includes Badwater Basin at 282 feet below sea level.
What is Death Valley National Park?
Years before “Nanu Nanu,” this future comic genius made his on-screen debut as a lawyer in the 1977 low-budget film Can I Do It… ’Til I Need Glasses?.
Who is Robin Williams?
In 1971, this unidentified man hijacked a plane in the Pacific Northwest, parachuted out with $200,000, and vanished, making his case the only unsolved U.S. airline hijacking.
Who is D.B. Cooper?
Susan Blow’s 1873 innovation at Des Peres School brought this German-born educational concept into American public schooling for the first time.
What is Kindergarten?
Located near Lebanon, KS, this spot is one-of-a-kind in the United States and is marked by a plaque and a chapel.
What is the geographic center of the contiguous US?
Often called “the American Serengeti,” this Wyoming park is known for its sweeping valley, abundant wildlife, and proximity to Yellowstone.
What is Grand Teton National Park?
Long before The Parent Trap or The Rookie, this actor made his film debut in the 1975 biker movie Crazy Mama.
Who is Dennis Quaid?
The phrase “Listen carefully!” begins the infamous ransom note at the center of this still-unsolved Colorado homicide.
What is Jonbenet Ramsey's murder?
St. Louis was the starting point of America’s largest infrastructure project when the first finished stretch of this travel system debuted there.
What is the interstate highway?
Located in Florida, this remote national park is 99% water, accessible only by boat or seaplane, and is home to Fort Jefferson.
What is Dry Tortugas National Park?
Before becoming a comedy legend, this actor’s first screen appearance was as a teenage “Dating Couple” on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, where he also worked as a writer.
Who is Steve Martin?
Found alive in 2003, this bedroom abduction survivor later became a prominent advocate for child safety legislation, including the AMBER Alert system.
Who is Elizabeth Smart?
"St. Louis-Style Pizza" requires which type of cheese be used?
Aviator Amelia Earhart, known for her pioneering flights and her mysterious disappearance, was born in this Kansas town.
What is Atchison?
Renamed in 2018, this is the smallest national park in the system and the only one centered around an architectural monument rather than a natural landscape.
What is St. Louis Gateway Arch National Park?
Before galaxies far, far away or ancient artifacts, this actor’s earliest film role was as a bellboy in the 1966 movie Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round.
Who is Harrison Ford?