Maryland offers up some pretty delicious seafood and shellfish. But if you don’t want to get crabs, you better watch what you say in this crab-loving state. And if you don’t want to try their crab cake you will have problems because their state motto is literally “try the crab cake or get the heck out.”
OK, the state motto is actually “Strong Deeds, Gentle Words.” And this sign really hits that message home. At the very least, get some crab cakes while you’re in town, go back to your hotel and eat them while watching some of “The Wire.”
Louisiana
If we are going to be totally honest, the only city that really matters in Louisiana (to tourists, at least) is New Orleans. In N'Orleans, as they say there, you can get fat on giant beers, shrimp gumbo, and po-boy sandwiches. Not to mention party for more hours than there are in a day.
Where else would you build a whole city under sea level and offer a ton of excess water and lax nudity laws? Sounds pretty damn fun! With all of that consider, we might just take a week off to go for Mardi Gras. And there's also this bar in New Orleans, with these wacky signs at the front.
Maine (Part 2)
Welcome to the state where you fall in love with Moxie, not with humans. And in life, you need to have plenty of moxie to succeed. In Maine though, it's not a character trait. It is a type of soda.
Moxie is a local soda brand that is apparently as bad as the state. Can’t they just be like the rest of Americans and drink themselves to diabetes with Coca-Cola? We imagine that Moxie has some secret ingredients like maple syrup or moose blood. Or maybe Stephen King came up with the recipe in one of his books. Who knows?
Massachusetts (Part 2)
Massachusetts was the first state to take the plunge and legalize same-sex marriage back in 2004. And while the LGBTQ community is still struggling until this day for their rights, Bostonians and everyone else in stayed has been enjoying this change in law the longest.
But we have a serious question: Couldn’t they have, at the same time, decided to make those horrible accents illegal? Seriously, it would make the world a better place. And would it get rid of those horrible Ben Affleck or Mark Wahlberg impersonators? But with all of that said, "The Town" is a pretty good movie. Not as good as "The Departed" though.
Michigan (Part 2)
Michigan is basically covered in this white stuff for a large portion of the year. And it isn’t what you think it is. It’s actually a very strong white salt that is used on the roads in the winter to melt the snow. Pretty clever, if you ask us.
But what it also does is damage your car’s undercarriage. We can only imagine what it’s doing to the people there. And the elephant ears they chow down on at state fairs are definitely not helping their cause. But hey, "American Pie" is set in Michigan - East Grand Rapids, specifically. And the weather looked pretty good in that movie.