Movies
This 2023 film became the highest-grossing movie ever directed by a woman.
Barbie
This Massachusetts landmark is the oldest continuously used baseball park in the United States
Fenway park
This 2000 state recount ultimately decided the presidency by a margin of 537 votes.
Florida
This now-defunct app popularized 6-second looping videos before being acquired by Twitter.
Vine
This 2016 mobile game sent millions of people into the streets searching for virtual creatures.
Pokemon GO
This 2019 South Korean film won Best Picture, the first non-English-language film to do so.
Parasite
This coastal Connecticut village is best known for its historic seaport museum
Mystic
This tiny township casts the first votes in a presidential election
Dixville Notch
This 2014 internet challenge raised over $115 million for ALS research.
Ice Bucket Challenge
A TikTok skateboarding video revived the popularity of this 1977 Fleetwood Mac track
Dreams
J.K. Simmons was able to drum up an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in this film
What is Whiplash
This Maine lighthouse is one of the most photographed in the world
Portland Headlight
This was the first presidential debate ever broadcast on national television.
Kennedy-Nixon Debate
This YouTube video was the first to reach one billion views.
Gangnam Style
This financial app halted trading of meme stocks in 2021, triggering congressional hearings.
Robinhood
This was the first feature-length animated film ever produced by a major studio.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
This state capital city was once known as the Insurance Capital of the World
Hartford
With 525 electoral votes, this president holds the record for the most electoral votes ever won by a U.S. presidential candidate
Ronald Reagan
This reality star won Survivor once, was a runner-up on The Amazing Race, and was on The Traitors 3. He was a runner-up on Survivor All Stars - coming in second place to his eventual wife, Amber
Boston Rob
This was the first streaming-service film to win Best Picture.
CODA
This state is home to the only ski resort with lift-served, above-the-treeline skiing
Maine
This state voted correctly for the winning presidential candidate in every election from 1964–2016 except one.
Ohio
This 2013 mobile game dominated internet culture with nearly impossible tap-to-fly mechanics.
Flappy Bird
This 1999 indie horror film made under $60k pioneered viral marketing before social media existed.
The Blair Witch Project