Oklahoma lawmakers advanced bills to designate four insects and wheat as state symbols. A 15-year-old's advocacy inspired the insect bill.

When Mississippians revised their flag, they chose the symbolism of the state flower — magnolia —to replace a design that included the Confederate flag. (Rogelio V. Solis / Associated Press ) What do ...

Four insects and one crop moved closer Monday to becoming state symbols. The Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee passed two measures seeking to add them to a long list of state ...

The flag itself was full of symbolism, including imagery of Veterans Memorial Coliseum meant to invoke understandings of Cedar Rapids as a progressive city, a church as an homage to the many religious ...

Stones in the Bevard Collection of Keokuk Geodes are displayed at the Keokuk Area Convention & Tourism Office in 2021. The geode was declared Iowa’s official state rock in 1967. (The Gazette) Buy ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A proposal to designate the tortilla as New Mexico’s official state bread had unanimous support from lawmakers. On Friday, though, it ended up falling flat. It wasn’t because Gov.

Missouri’s state symbols showcase the items, plants, animals and places that form the unique culture the Show-Me State is known for. State symbols are meant to be educational, especially for school ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A proposal to designate the tortilla as New Mexico's official state bread had unanimous support from lawmakers. On Friday, though, it ended up falling flat. It wasn't because Gov.

New Jersey may be one of the smallest states in the nation, but our natural heritage is anything but modest. Tucked between two bustling metropolitan areas is a landscape teeming with life – human and ...

Possibly the most famous Bigfoot footage comes from a national forest east of Eureka in far Northern California, filmed by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin. You know it — it’s the one where the towering ...