Idaho honors two different birds with state designations. It is the only state to have also named an official raptor: the peregrine falcon.

Albuquerque is known as “the Hot Air Ballooning Capital of the World." Each October since 1977, the New Mexico city has hosted the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

North Carolinians adopted a 1904 poem called “The Old North State: A Toast” as a rallying cry — it became the official state toast in 1957.

A growing number of states have named an official microbe. In 2013, Oregon chose brewer’s yeast to honor its international reputation in craft brewing.

In 1957, two years before Hawaii became a state, the Hawaiian goose — also known as the nēnē — was designated as a symbol of the islands.

Maryland has the distinction of being the first to adopt an official state sport; it named jousting as its athletic activity of choice in 1962.

Denim may have been created in France, but it became a worldwide fashion staple after San Francisco entrepreneur Levi Strauss and his partner Jacob Davis invented Levi’s jeans.

Home to both the New York Yankees and New York Mets, New York made baseball its official state sport in 2021.

Born in New York, Norman Rockwell spent the last 25 years of his life in Massachusetts’ Berkshire County.

Now so linked to Kansas that it is known as “The Sunflower State,” the sunflower also appears on Kansas’ flag and state quarter.

Although the Corvette was originally built in Flint, Michigan, the General Motors plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, is the only place the sports car has been manufactured since 1981.

Every state except Maryland and New Jersey has declared an official state song, but only Ohio has an official rock song: the 1965 hit "Hang on Sloopy."

Kool-Aid was invented in 1927 in Hastings, Nebraska, and the artificial fruity powder quickly became a sensation.

Although Texans certainly take their football seriously, the official state sport is actually rodeo, thanks to a 1997 resolution.

When you think of where the buffalo roam and the deer and the antelope play, there’s a fair chance that Kansas comes to mind.

Dog mushing has been Alaska’s official state sport since 1972, but its history as a crucial mode of transport for locals dates back centuries.

In the late 1800s, the key lime pie was invented in Key West, and it was recognized as Florida’s state pie in 2006.

While the cactus appears in all manner of Western depictions, the saguaro grows only in a specific area of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona.

The connection of “Yankee Doodle” to Connecticut isn't quite clear. After it was adopted as the state’s official song in 1978, many residents balked, but it remains the state song.

As the country’s largest maple syrup producer, it makes sense that Vermont declared maple as the state’s official flavor.

Texas chose tortilla chips and salsa as the state’s official snack in 2003, noting “Texans’ insatiable demand for this zesty concoction.”