Military Facts
This 1942 naval battle is often considered the turning point of the war in the Pacific because the U.S. destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers.
What is the Battle of Midway?
This lake near Bemidji is famous for being the headwaters of the Mississippi River.
What is Lake Itasca?
This national park in Utah contains Angels Landing, a hike famous for its narrow ridge and chains used by hikers near the summit.
What is Zion National Park?
This interstate runs from Seattle to Boston, making it one of the longest continuous interstate routes in the United States.
What is Interstate 90?
This is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system.
What is the Milky Way?
Before becoming president, this U.S. general commanded the Allied forces during the 1944 invasion of Normandy and was given the title Supreme Allied Commander.
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This lake in northeastern Minnesota is famous for its chain of islands and in one of the principal gateways to the Boundary Waters.
What is Lake Vermilion?
This Alaska park contains Mount Saint Elias, the second-highest peak in the United States.
What is Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve?
Known as the "Mother Road," this highway was officially established in 1926 and originally covered more than 2,400 miles.
What is U.S. Route 66?
This planet has the shortest day in our solar system, rotating once in about 10.5 hours.
What is Jupiter?
This U.S. Navy admiral was nicknamed "Bull" and commanded the U.S. Pacific Fleet during the early months following Pearl Harbor.
Who was Admiral Ernest King?
This massive lake lies partly in Minnesota and partly in Canada. Its northern portion is in Ontario, while its southern portion is in Minnesota.
What is Lake of the Woods?
Despite its name, this park does not contain the largest canyon in the United States by volume; its fame comes from spectacular granite formations carved by glaciers.
What is Yosemite National Park?
This scenic highway runs along Florida's Atlantic coast and connects Miami with Key West.
What is the Overseas Highway?
This is the only moon in our solar system known to have a dense atmosphere and stable bodies of liquid on its surface.
What is Titan?
This American general was the only U.S. officer to hold the rank of General of the Armies, a rank senior to five-star general.
Who was John J. Pershing?
This lake near Grand Rapids is known for its excellent walleye fishing and is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
What is Pokegama Lake?
This national park was once called Sieur de Monts National Monument before receiving its current national-park designation.
What is Acadia National Park?
Completed in 1940, this highway connects the Upper Midwest with the Pacific Northwest and crosses the Northern Rocky Mountains.
What is U.S. Route 2?
This is the largest volcano in the solar system, located on Mars.
What is Olympus Mons?
This legendary U.S. Army unit became known as the "Lost Battalion" after being surrounded by German forces in the Vosges Mountains in 1944.
What is the 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment?
This massive lake in northern Minnesota has more than 600 miles of shoreline and is the state's second-largest inland lake by surface area.
What is Leech Lake?
This park was created in 1933 through the combination of several existing national monuments and preserves and contains the largest protected wilderness are in the contiguous United States east of the Rocky Mountains.
What is Everglades Naitonal Park?
This highway passes through eight states and connects the cities of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., with the Gulf Coast near New Orleans.
What is Interstate 59?
This spacecraft, launched in 1977, became the first human-made object to enter interstellar space.
What is Voyager 1?