Search results for 'world's first' (62)
Săpânța, Maramureș County, Romania--The Merry Cemetery, a cemetery in the village of Săpânța, Maramureș County, Romania, is famous for its brightly colored tombstones with naïve paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the people who are buried there in addition to scenes from their lives; Stan Ioan Pătraș, a local artist carved the first epitaph back in 1935; the cemetery sets the world record for being the World's First Merry Cemetery, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Branson, Missouri, United States--Outlaw Run, a wooden roller coaster designed by Alan Schilke, located at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri, features a 162-foot (49 m) drop, three inversions, and a maximum speed of 68 mph (109 km/h), thus setting the world record for being the World's First Wooden Roller Coaster to Feature Multiple Inversions, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Avrig, Sibiu County, Romania-- Inside the Brambura Park, the newest attraction in Sibiu County, Romania, in addition to the Upside Down House, the main attraction, visitors will find playgrounds, a restaurant with a terrace, a small zoo with Alpacas, dwarf deer and bunnies in an enchanted forest and an area with inflatable slides and huge trampolines; the park, which covers an area of 6 hectares, sets the world record for being the World's First Upside Down House Theme Park, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Providence, Rhode Island, United States--Walter Scott, a part-time pressman and typesetter in Providence, Rhode Island, sold food out of a horse-pulled wagon to employees of the Providence Journal, in Providence, Rhode Island; his idea sets the world record for being the World's First Diner with Walk-up Service, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Seattle, Washington, United States--The sales catalog for musician and inventor Paul Tutmarc's company Audiovox featured his "Model 736 Bass Fiddle", a solid-bodied electric bass guitar with four strings, a 30+1⁄2-inch (775-millimetre) scale length, and a single pickup; around 100 were made during this period, setting the world record for the World's First Bass Guitar, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Charleston, West Virginia, United States--Mordecai Levi, a Charlestonian, constructed a brick road on Summers Street in Charleston, West Virginia, between Virginia Street and Kanawha Street in 1870 with financial backing from Dr. John Hale; by 1873, the whole block had been paved, setting the world record for being the World's First Brick-Paved Road, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Hamlin, West Virginia, United States--Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager (February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020) a United States Air Force officer, flew the experimental Bell X-1 at Mach 1 at an altitude of 45,000 ft (13,700 m), on October 14, 1947, setting the world record for being the World's first person to break the sound barrier, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Waterbury, Vermont, United States--Located in Waterbury, Vermont, Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Graveyard is a whimsical ‘resting place’ for all discontinued flavors of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, which include fan favorites like Turtle Soup, Fossil Fuel, and of course, Wavy Gravy; the Flavor Graveyard sets the world record for being the World's First Flavor Graveyard, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont, United States--The Dog Chapel, created by Artist/author/dog lover Stephen Huneck, was introduced to the world as a symbol of peace, love, and remembrance; situated three miles from downtown St. Johnsbury,VT, just a frisbee toss from the Fairbank’s Scales factory on Route 2, The Dog Chapel receives tens of thousands of visitors annually and sets the world record for being the World's First Dog Chapel, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Brookfield, Vermont, United States--The 97m long, 6.7m wide, US$2.4-million single-lane Brookfield Bridge in Brookfield, Vermont, designed by T.Y. Lin International (San Francisco, CA, US), has replaced a 1978 version that carried state Route 65 traffic over Sunset Lake and sets the world record for being the World's First FRP Floating Bridge, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States--The World’s first Kentucky Fried Chicken is located at 3890 S. State Street, in Salt Lake City, Utah; the original restaurant was demolished in 2004, and a new, more modern one was built in its place; the restaurant has a bunch of memorabilia displayed, including this original Colonel Sanders suit and sets the world record for being the World's First KFC, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States--The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota, was built as a way to prove to the world that South Dakota had a healthy agricultural climate; during it’s over 100 years of existence, it has become known worldwide and now attracts more than a half a million visitors annually and it sets the world record for being the World's First Corn Palace, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Portland, Oregon, United States--The Sports Bra, (owner Jenny Nguyen) a women's sports-focused bar in Portland, Oregon, opened for business on April 1, 2022; the menu includes burgers, buffalo wings, and Vietnamese-style baby back ribs; the bar sets the world record for being the World's First Women’s Sports Bar, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Edwards, Mississippi, United States--A large cactus plantation located in Edwards, Mississippi a few miles off I-20, (owner John Thomas) filled several greenhouses with over 3,500 varieties of cacti, succulents, colorful bromeliads, daylilies, tropical foliage and seasonal plants; it set the world record for being the World's First Cactus Plantation, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Natchez, Mississippi, United States--Mammy's Cupboard (founded 1940), a roadside restaurant built in the shape of a mammy archetype, which currently serves lunches and dessert, is located on US Highway 61 south of Natchez, Mississippi; the massive statue—twenty-eight feet [8.5 m] high—of a black woman dressed like Aunt Jemima, wearing a red scarf, a white blouse, and a red hoopskirt sets the world record for being the World's First Mammy’s Cupboard-shaped restaurant, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia--The Love Bank was created from the verses of the world's longest love poem; the poem MARÍNA by Andrej Sládkovič was recognized as an official world record holder for the Longest love poem by the World Record Academy; The Love Bank, a Fundraising project to save and restore the historic House of Marína and promote Sládkovič’s MARÍNA around the globe sets the world record for being the World's First Love Bank, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States--On December 21, 1891, Canadian physical education instructor James Naismith, a 31-year-old graduate student, published rules for a new game using five basic ideas and thirteen rules; that day, he asked his class at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts, to play a match in the Armory Street court: 9 versus 9, using a soccer ball and two peach baskets, thus setting the world record for playing the World's First Basketball Game, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States--A machinist by trade who worked in a cotton factory in Lowell, Massachusetts, American inventor Elias Howe (July 9, 1819 - October 3,1867) earned a patent for the sewing machine, a tool which revolutionized the manufacture of clothing; he received the fifth United States patent (No. 4,750) for a sewing machine in 1846, thus setting the world record for inventing the World's First Sewing Machine, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Boylston, Massachusetts, United States--The Honor Roll in Boylston, Massachusetts, United States, located at the base of the flagpole on the Boylston Town Common, was part of the “Welcome Home” celebrations for the veterans; it was dedicated on September 19, 1919 to the forty residents of Boylston, Massachusetts who served in World War I and sets the world record for being the World's First World War Honor Roll, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Baltimore, Maryland, United States--The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, opened in 1840, the culmination of the efforts of Dr. Horace H. Hayden and Dr. Chapin A. Harris; it was the first school established to teach courses exclusively in dentistry for the purpose of granting degrees in the profession; the school was the birthplace of the Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) degree and sets the world record for being the World's First School of Dentistry, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.