There is an exit on the Highway near my house that says "Pleasure Island Road". When I was a little girl, I used to think that was the road you took to get to Disney World!

Robyn B

When I found out we were moving to "the South" I was upset because I didn't want to live on a houseboat in the bayou and have to fight off alligators and mosquitos.

That's okay, though, for when we got there, many kids asked me what it was like living in Arizona in Teepees without electricity or paved roads.

Desert Rat turned Southern Belle

When I was in sescond grade when my teacher would ask me 2 touch a certain country on the map i as afraid that i would crush thed people living there. I never touch my country in fear that i would kill myself.

M J aaaaaaaaaaaasmith

I used to believe that Houston was a place where if you went, you would never be able to return. Kind of like Hotel California or some similarly scary place where they pretend to be nice and never let you leave. My dad used to go there a lot of business trips, and I have a distinct memory of finding out one day that he was packed to go to HOUSTON, and I was so horrified that I blocked our front door and refused to let him go. This wasn't a matter of separation anxiety, it was a matter of personal security! I think I made him late for his flight... I don't know where I got this idea, I could have sworn one of my parents told me, but now that I think about it, it really doesn't make sense that they would, does it?

K

When I was little I thought that Washington( D.C. )was in Washington state.

Anon

A friend of mine lives in the suburbs outside of Boise, ID. They have four kids and whenever they go to downtown Boise, they tell them they're going to New York City. So that's what the kids call it, and they really think that it is New York City.

Anon

I used to believe that Europe was made up of six separate countries: France, Paris, London, Venice, Switzerland, and Brittany. I have a map that I drew in third grade to prove it.

Emily

I used to think that because there was a state called Washington, there was also a state called Dryington.

Jasonchic

I remember when i was little i had a basic idea of the world. Except that when ever some one mentioned england or london i thought"that must be in/near Kentucky." maybe i was confused by the fact that there is a place called new london like that nearby. great britan confused me even more

Ricky

I used to believe that 'Newark' was just how Americans pronounced New York. I thought this until a couple of weeks ago (I'm 18). Cause that's how it sounds on the Sopranos.

Anon

I used to think that the only country on Earth was America, and that there were only four states: California, Washington, New York, and Oregon where I lived.

Not-so-good-at-geography

I used to think that Los Angeles and L.A. were two different places. I thought that L.A. was "Elay" and that was where the airport was, like you would fly into Newark to visit New York City -- you flew into "Elay" to visit Los Angeles

Mitch

in kindergarten i thought that the city i lived in was the world, then i found out i lived in a state and i thought the state was the world, and then i thought the US was the world and every continent was inside the US.

Jessica

I always thought the United States was one big state, since I was confused by the name. I wasn't sure what the rest of the small sections were called.

Andy

When I was little i believed that Madison Avenue was a person.

Anon

When about five or so, I believed the Earth was round, but that everyone had to live around the North Pole, otherwise we'd all fall off.

Also, since orange was my favorite color, I believed the North Pole looked orange from space.

Chris

Untill the age of 6 i used to believe there is only Latvia Rushia England... at the age of 7 I knew there was Germany and Finland.
At the age of nine I felt like a fool mistaking america with england!

But I really didnt need to know so many countries!!!

Flying Beauty Of Latvia

When I was young, I used to travel alot by plane, so much so that I thought that the on top of each cloud was a country, because you had to fly up in the air to get to them.

Pondweed

When i was on holiday with my family on Orkney, we went to visit Mae's howe which is some sort of ancient burial mound. Anyway, my parents asked me what it was when we drove past it, and as i had no idea i looked at my brother for a hint. He said it was Nelson's Column, so thinking i was clever i said it to my parents. The fact that ti was a hill and not a column should have given it away for me.needless to say they did laugh and me, and still bring it up if i say something stupid.

Gill M

When I was little I used to think that the Erie Canal was named that because it was spooky there.

Cathy