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(Uskings.us) Grimmway Farms is the largest grower, producer, and shipper of carrots in the United States. It is headquartered in Bakersfield, California, and has been family owned and operated for more than 40 years. The company has been recognized for popularizing the baby carrot.

(Uskings.us) The East Coast Surfing Championships (ECSC) is an annual surfing contest held in Virginia Beach, Virginia on the oceanfront, and is one of the United States Surfing Federation’s major amateur events. Since its official establishment in Virginia Beach in 1963, the ECSC has grown to be the now-longest running surfing contest in the US with the 58th annual surf competition held August 23-30, 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic with safety guidelines in place.

(Uskings.us) Victor Lance Vescovo (born 1966) is an American private equity investor, retired naval officer, and undersea explorer. He is a co-founder and managing partner of private equity company Insight Equity Holdings. He is the first person to have reached the deepest points of the Earth's five oceans.

(uskings.us) Bengies Drive-In is a drive-in theater in Middle River, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore, with the largest movie screen remaining in the United States.

(uskings.us) The first full-sized transparent car ever made in America, it bowed at General Motor’s Highways and Horizons exhibit at the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair.

(Uskings.us) The Susan Quinlan Doll and Teddy Bear Museum in Santa Barbara has a large display of dolls. It is also reportedly the largest teddy bear museum in the US. They doubled their number of display cases to 150 in 2014 to show off more of the collection on a rotating basis. In addition, their library is the US’s largest dedicated to dolls and teddy bears.

Erik Weihenmayer is the first American without eyes to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on May 25, 2001.

(Uskings.us) At Breckenridge in the USA, winter sports are possible at up to 3,914 metres high. The highest-situated ski resort of the United States is an expert and back-country skier's paradise.

(uskings.us) Jordan Romero, a 15-year-old from California, became the youngest person to stand on the highest point on all seven continents – the famed Seven Summits.

(Uskings.us) The new Orlando StarFlyer is the “world’s tallest swing ride" standing at 450 feet. It is a unique attraction that appeals to both young and old, the adventurous and not so adventurous.

(Uskings.us) Find glittering, gorgeous emeralds in Hiddenite, only about an hour’s drive from Winston-Salem, NC. The Emerald Hollow Mine is home to the only emerald mine in the United States open for public treasure hunting. You can check out findings from the mine at sluiceways or do your own prospecting, digging, and hunting for a small fee.

(uskings.us) A&W Restaurants, Inc. is an American chain of fast-food restaurants distinguished by its burgers, draft root beer and root beer floats. Founded on June 20, 1919, A&W is also the oldest fast food chain in the United States.