Alma, Arkansas
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Founded in 1872, Alma, Arkansas, is known for unusual landmarks like a giant can of spinach and an eight-foot-tall statue of Popeye the Sailor Man downtown. As for why these are here, it’s because Alma’s long-time nickname is the spinach capital of the world.
According to the Arkansas Municipal League, this is due to the fact that at least as far back as 1987, Alma grew and canned about 65% of all the spinach in the United States. At its peak, this amounted to about 60 million pounds of spinach a year.