George Washington, the first President of the United States.

Graceland, the palatial home of Elvis Presley in Memphis, TN, attracts 600,000 visitors a year.

The 100-story John Hancock Center in Chicago, Illinois is 1,127 feet high; floors 44 through 92 are residential.

Second Street ranks as the most common street name. First Street is not number one because many "First" streets are called "Main" Street.

Will Rogers, who began his career as a rope-throwing cowboy and later became a famous stage and film star.

The Hawaiian Islands with 10,456 square miles are followed by Kodiak Island in Alaska at 9,510 square miles.

Peter Minuit arrived with a group of Dutch settlers in 1626 and purchased what is now known as Manhattan.

The U.S. bought all of Russian America (Alaska) from the Russian Czar in March 1867.

Yellowstone was established "as a public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of people" in March 1872.

The stainless steel Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO, designed by architect Eero Saarinen and costing $29 million to build, is 630 feet high.

The castle at Gomdan, Yemon, dating from before A.D. 100, is considered the oldest castle; it originally had 20 stories.

New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado, referred to as the "Four Corners", have adjoining boundaries.

At one time in history, only the wealthy had something other than dirt floors. Hence the saying "dirt poor."

In the past, some wealthy homeowners had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet. To keep their footing, they spread thresh (straw) on the floor. As the winter wore on, they would add more and more thresh until it would literally overflow outside through the door. To keep the thresh in place, a piece of wood was commonly placed in the entrance. Hence the saying a "thresh hold."

There are almost 314,000 million-dollar homes in the United States, and 41% of these are located in California.

Houses use to have thatched roofs-thick straw piled high with no wood underneath. The soft thatching combined with the warmth of the house made an ideal place where animals could go to get warm. When it rained, the roof would became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs."

They use a real estate agent to purchase their home.

In October 1988, the Mediya Building in central Tokyo was quoted at 358.5 million yen ($248,000) per square foot.

HUD estimates that 64 million homes and apartments built before 1978 contain lead-based paint.

The all-suite Arabian Tower hotel near Dubai is 1,052 feet tall, built on a man-made island and shaped like a boat sail.

The Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803 for $15,000,000 increased U.S. national territory by 140%.

The Florida Land Boom. Carl Fisher founded Miami Beach that year and brought hundreds of investors to the state.

The Panama Canal, begun in 1904 and completed in August, 1914, which cost $366,650,000.