The 94 greatest, quirkiest things about America

A new Yahoo Finance survey confirmed that Americans are split about the direction of the country. Similarly, a recent Gallup poll found that only 47% of Americans are extremely proud to be an American — a record low.

Although Americans may not be feeling particularly patriotic this Fourth of July, they nevertheless can identify lots of things that make the country unique and desirable. With additional contributions from the editorial team at Yahoo Finance, below is a list of things that make America both great and one-of-a-kind.

The greatest and quirkiest things about America

1. American cheese

2. American Cornhole League

3. Backyard gardens

4. American barbecue sauce competition
   

   

   Behold, the barbecue sauces of Kansas City. (Image: Flickr/bk1bennett)

5. Black and white cookies

6. Breakfast buffets

7. Chicago deep dish pizza

8. Cookie cake

   

   Mrs. Field’s makes a mean cookie cake.

9. Cream soda

10. Domino’s filling your potholes

11. Double cheeseburger

12. Electric scooters

13. Girl Scout cookies

14. Krispy Kreme Challenge

15. Lacrosse

16. Las Vegas food buffets

    

    The Carnival World Buffet at the Rio had just so much shrimp.

17. Mad River Glen ski mountain in Vermont (owned by skiers and still has a single chairlift)

18. March Madness

19. Pro-wrestling

20. Red cream soda

21. Rent Is Too Damn High Political Party
    

    

    Candidate Jimmy McMillan want you to know about the Rent is Too Damn High party. (Image: Flickr/David Shankbone)

22. Shark Week

23. Summertime cookouts

24. Super Soakers

25. Triple cheeseburger

26. TV show reboots

27. Waffle House that never closes

    

    Diners eat at a Waffle House restaurant decorated for Valentine’s Day in Atlanta, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

28. World Cup 2026

29. American music and movies

30. Amazon

31. Apple’s iPhone

32. Baseball

33. Beyoncé

34. Broadway theatres

    

    Broadway! (Image: Flickr/Broadway Tour)

35. Bruce Springsteen

36. Capitalism

37. Cheesesteaks

38. Endless appeals system

39. Entrepreneurs, especially immigrant ones

40. First Amendment

    

    The Bill of Rights (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

41. Foodies

42. Ford F150 pickup truck

43. Ford Mustang

44. Freedom of speech

45. Freedom to pursue your dreams

46. French quarter in New Orleans

47. ‘Friends‘ (TV show)

    

    “I’ll be there for you.” (Image: IMDB)

48. Gay marriage

49. Hot dogs and cheeseburgers

50. Inverse and leveraged ETFs

51. Kid sports (when the parents aren’t shouting)

52. Kids helping each other out

53. Levi’s

54. Long Island

55. Marvel Movies (Black Panther, Spiderman, Wonder Woman, X-Men)

56. Monster trucks

    

    Who doesn’t love monster trucks? (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

57. NASA and SpaceX

58. National parks

59. NBA games

60. New Jersey beaches

61. New York City

62. On-demand apps (food delivery, wine, laundry – you name it!)

63. Oprah Winfrey

    

    Billionaire media mogul Oprah Winfrey came from nothing. (John Phillips/John Phillips/Getty Images)

64. Regional foods (Maine lobster, Maryland crab cakes, North Carolina biscuits and gravy)

65. Resiliency

66. Road trips

67. Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

68. San Francisco restaurants

69. ‘Saturday Night Live’

    

    It’s Wayne’s World. Party time. Excellent. (Image: IMDB)

70. Serena Williams

71. Silicon Valley

72. Snoop Dogg

73. Sparklers

74. ‘Star Trek’

75. ‘Star Wars’

76. Statue of Liberty

77. Streaming services for “cutting the cord”

78. Super Bowl

79. Tina Fey

80. That anyone can become an American no matter where they’re from

    

    Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Austria. Then he became governor of California. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

81. The Atlantic Ocean

82. The chance for anybody to become somebody

83. The Grand Canyon

84. The great American comeback story

85. The Mooch

86. The Pacific Ocean

87. The Phillie Phanatic
    

    

    Phillie Phanatic is trouble. (Image: Pixabay)

88. The Rio Grande

89. Voting rights

90. Warren Buffett

91. Whoopi Goldberg

92. William Faulkner

93. Young women with big plans

94. YouTube stars who rose from obscurity on their merit

Here’s what the Yahoo Finance team thinks makes America great.

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