Across
- 2. The state with more cattle than people
- 4. The state with a lake inside a collapsed volcano
- 7. The state closest to Cuba
- 9. Where a tower stands that was once considered an eye sore
- 12. The only state with parishes instead of counties
- 14. The state where the bus boycott sparked a national movement
- 17. A massive region known for winters so cold trees explodeNile — A river debated for its length but unmatched in history
- 18. The largest cheese-producing state
- 19. The driest state in the U.S.
- 22. The state with the highest peak and the most coastlineHawaii — The only U.S. state that grows coffee commercially
- 23. The state made of two peninsulas connected by a giant bridge
- 29. The birthplace of chocolate as we know it
- 30. The state where the nation’s largest temperate rainforest grows
- 31. "From Sea to Sea"
- 33. The state whose nickname comes from a root vegetable
- 39. Boot
- 40. The mountain range that contains 9 of the 10 tallest peaks on Earth
- 41. The home of Mount Rushmore
- 43. The first state to see the sunrise in the continental U.S.
- 44. A peak known as “the roof of the world”
- 46. A holy city significant to three major religions
- 47. A city built on seven hills and thousands of years of history
- 51. The state that grows more peanuts than any other
- 54. The “Land of 10,000 Lakes” (with way more than 10,000)
- 55. A city with more boats than cars
- 56. A desert that gets larger every year
- 57. The state that was once its own independent nation
- 59. The home of the Indy 500
- 60. Island of sushi
Down
- 1. The only state with a unicameral (one-house) legislature
- 2. The state with the longest shoreline relative to its size on the East Coast
- 3. The state with both the lowest and the highest points in the Lower 48
- 5. The state once declared “flatter than a pancake” in a scientific study
- 6. A building so tall it experiences two sunsets in one day
- 8. A rainforest that creates its own weather system
- 10. A desert metropolis known for having the tallest building in the world
- 11. The only U.S. state that grows coffee commercially
- 13. The opposite of what you'll find
- 15. A state famous for the Outer Banks and the Wright brothers
- 16. A river debated for its length but unmatched in history
- 20. Too salty for fish
- 21. An island famous for lemurs and separated from Africa 88 million years ago
- 22. The state home to the deepest canyon in the country
- 24. The state where the tallest building in the U.S. (outside NY) stands
- 25. The state that hosts the world’s largest hot air balloon festival
- 26. The home of the world’s most famous horse race
- 27. The state known as the “Birthplace of Aviation”
- 28. The state with five national parks known as the “Mighty Five”
- 32. The birthplace of democracy and home to the Acropolis
- 34. A tiny country known for banning chewing gum
- 35. A remote island known as the “Pearl of the Pacific”
- 36. The state whose capital sits exactly one mile above sea level
- 37. Dressed in copper green
- 38. A country stretched so thin it spans nearly all climates
- 42. The state where three major music genres were born
- 45. The world’s largest island that isn’t a continent
- 48. The least populated state in the U.S.
- 49. Long enough to cross a continent
- 50. The islands that inspired Darwin’s theory of evolution
- 52. Largest Country
- 53. The top producer of maple syrup in the U.S.
- 58. The city whose opera house was inspired by orange slices