# Missouri and Wisconsin - most forgettable US states **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 12, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558 "2009-10-12T18:23:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/61 "2009-10-13T15:05:51Z")
The cheese argument between Wisconsin and California is moot. In Missouri we have Branson, one of the cheesiest places in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/62 "2009-10-13T15:25:14Z")
I’ve named the capital of Missouri as the [Most Loathesome City in the Universe](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=516034). So it’s got that going for it. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/63 "2009-10-13T15:52:59Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I was born in Wisconsin and I am neither a Republican or serial killer. Slacker. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/64 "2009-10-13T16:22:19Z")
Wisconsin: also home of [Circus World](http://circusworld.wisconsinhistory.org/)and [The Fresh Water Fishing Hall Of Fame](http://www.freshwater-fishing.org/index.php)! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/65 "2009-10-13T16:56:23Z")
Wisconsin, (specifically) Door County/Dells: [Tommy Barlett’s Waterski Show](http://www.tommybartlett.com/modules/web/index.php/id/22) Al Johnsons Swedish Restaurant, complete with [a goat on the roof](http://www.aljohnsons.com/index.asp) [Ducks!](http://www.wisconsinducktours.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/66 "2009-10-13T18:21:00Z")
I almost hate to bring this up. It will overwhelm you and the quality of the the place has been exchanged for size and quantity. They don’t do maintenance on most of the stuff or clean it, so the older quality stuff is broken. [House on the Rock](http://www.houseontherock.com/HOTR_AttractionMain.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/67 "2009-10-13T18:29:37Z")
Besides a lot of great beers, Wisconsin is also the home of Harley-Davidson Motorcycles. Oh, and the Commissioner of Basball has his office in the same building I work in. And let’s not forgot Les Paul. We also have a gorgeous wing (no pun intended) of our art museum here in Milwaukee that was designed by Santiago Calatrava. The state itself is beautiful. When I still did Irish dance, there was a family in my school that had moved here from Ireland because of the father’s job, and they said they were happy to be here rather than another state, because it reminded them so much of home. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/68 "2009-10-13T19:25:26Z")
Dude, The Green Bay Packers. End of Discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/69 "2009-10-13T20:25:14Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > Isn’t Missouri unique in that every lake in the state is man made? No natural lakes at all, or so I think I remember. Missouri has several natural lakes. Perhaps you’re thinking of [Texas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caddo_Lake): > [@](#): > > It (Caddo Lake) used to be Texas’ only natural lake until it was artificially dammed in the 1900s. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/70 "2009-10-13T22:12:05Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I was born in Wisconsin and I am neither a Republican or serial killer. But are you a werewolf? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/71 "2009-10-13T22:45:54Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > The state itself is beautiful. When I still did Irish dance, there was a family in my school that had moved here from Ireland because of the father’s job, and they said they were happy to be here rather than another state, because it reminded them so much of home. The landscape there is indeed much like Ireland. I commented on that when I visited there a few years back. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/72 "2009-10-13T23:48:00Z")
I’ve lived in Southeast Missouri for about 20 yrs. The people here are very friendly, but I don’t like the geography or the climate. **Hippy Hollow** , don’t know about reefer quality but I do know there is a huge meth problem in this area. One thing not mentioned about Missouri. It’s home to the biggest [earthquake](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_New_Madrid_earthquake) ever to hit the continuous United States. Legend says that it made the Mississippi river flow backwards and rang church bells in Boston and toppled chimneys in Maine, over a 1000 miles away. In my 20 yrs here, I have felt 4 earthquakes, one about two weeks after I moved here. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/73 "2009-10-14T00:30:48Z")
Beat THIS, Missouri! [In Wisconsin, sex with dead humans is legal.\* Sex with dead animals is not.\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=450685) - cases were under appeal and the law may have changed since that thread. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/74 "2009-10-14T01:44:56Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Missouri has several natural lakes. Perhaps you’re thinking of [Texas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caddo_Lake): I’m a native born Texan but I often accuse Texans of being stupid. Even so, I really don’t think I was thinking of Texas, mostly because I’d never heard that Texas had no natural lakes----I think I would have remembered it if I had recently read about it. Oh, well, I’ll probably remember which state I had in mind but it will be a few years from now; long after no one cares, if anyone even cares at this moment. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/75 "2009-10-14T03:17:24Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I’m a native born Texan but I often accuse Texans of being stupid. Even so, I really don’t think I was thinking of Texas, mostly because I’d never heard that Texas had no natural lakes----I think I would have remembered it if I had recently read about it. Oh, well, I’ll probably remember which state I had in mind but it will be a few years from now; long after no one cares, if anyone even cares at this moment. Actually I think you are correct. I remember hearing that before also. There is kind of a natural lake in Missouri, Creve Coeur Lake. It was once part of the Missouri river though and was cut off from the river over time so I’m not sure if that counts. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/76 "2009-10-14T07:06:14Z")
Missouri had the [Mormon War](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1838_Mormon_War), where they drove all the mormons out of the state and on to Illinois. They also don’t pronounce it Missourah. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/77 "2009-10-14T18:12:27Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > They also don’t pronounce it Missourah. My uncle who lives in Kansas City does, but in a rather tongue-in-cheek way. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/78 "2009-10-14T20:10:02Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Beat THIS, Missouri! > > [In Wisconsin, sex with dead humans is legal.\* Sex with dead animals is not.\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=450685) > > - cases were under appeal and the law may have changed since that thread. I’m glad you have _some_ standards. Bestiality is so icky. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/79 "2009-10-14T20:37:11Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Beat THIS, Missouri! > > [In Wisconsin, sex with dead humans is legal.\* Sex with dead animals is not.\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=450685) > > - cases were under appeal and the law may have changed since that thread. I hope you’re not exploiting this alleged legal loop hole. You don’t have mother in a freezer do you? Anyway it has been deemed illegal since it’s [non consensual sex](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25609866/). I really doubt had these three ever dug up the corpse they would have had sex with the corpse. I’m thinking that the actual corpse would not meet the expectaitions of the newspaper picture. The corpse was never dug up less alone used for sex. ---
**Author:** ![born\_too\_late](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@born\_too\_late](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/born_too_late)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558/80 "2009-10-15T17:17:28Z")
[Liberace](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberace) is from Wisconsin. There was an internet-renowned restaurant called [“the Gobbler”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gobbler) in WI before it closed. [Frank\_Lloyd\_Wright](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright) was born in WI and several of his famous house designs were built there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-and-wisconsin-most-forgettable-us-states/513558.md?page=5)