I thought that the Empire State Building was actually the Entire State Building since you could see the entire state of New York from the top of it!
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to think the Empire State Building was called the "Ten-past-eight building".— Alex
- I used to think the entire state of Pennsylvania was made out of pencils.— Pencil-vania
- I used to think that because there was a state called Washington, there was also a state called Dryington.— Jasonchic
- I thought Albania was the state of AlabamaAnon
- when I was young, I thought Denmark was a state, just like Deleware and North Dakota.— valerie
- I thought if someone is in a vegatative state they literally turn into a giant vegetable!— Samilton Duerheiser