| Fact | State |
| The only original colony not bordered by the Atlantic Ocean | |
| Has the lowest population density in the country | |
| Home of the first free public library | |
| The first state to give women the right to vote | |
| Has the largest grizzly bear population of the lower 48 | |
| Wal-mart was founded here | |
| The birth control pill was invented here | |
| The first state to require license plates on cars | |
| The only state that shares a border with one other state | |
| It is illegal to cross the street while walking on your hands here | |
| Has more cattle and sheep than people | |
| The first battle of the Civil War took place here | |
| Home of the oldest schoolhouse in the country | |
| Workman Compensation laws were first enacted here | |
| The first open heart surgery was performed here | |
| The world's first skyscraper was built here | |
| The last state to secede during the Civil War, and first to be readmitted | |
| Stand anywhere here, and you are within 85 miles of a Great Lake | |
| Home of the deepest lake in the country | |
| Its state flag is a pennant design, the only one in the US | |
| This state does not have 'counties.' Instead they have parishes | |
| The nation's largest water park resides here | |
| Has the largest percent of land designated for Native Americans | |
| The largest state east of the Mississippi River | |
| The only state to enter the US by treaty | |