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As you cross the Oakland-Bay Bridge at San Francisco, Calif., about midway there was an exit for a military base on an artificial island named Treasure Island. As a kid, I was always disappointed when we passed the exit for Treasure Island. I imagined something out of the book by Robert Louis Stevenson; sunny beaches, tropical plants everywhere (in the middle of the San Francisco Bay; ha!) and buried treasure just waiting to be dug up. Even when I asked to go to Treasure Island, my parents would't explain to me that it was just a base.

I mean, who in their right minds would pass that place up?

Peace Monkey

When I was a kid I really thought there was a Sesame Street. I kept asking my mom & dad if I could go too sesame street and see big bird.

Karen

When I was in second grade my teacher told me to find Greenland on a map. I figured it would be colored green of course because Greenland was green! I never found it that day

Anon

I used to torment my sister by telling her that we would leave her in MINNESOTA. I learned in geography about the Arctic region and thought that Minnesota was a state there. She would cry everytime i said that -- afraid that we would leave her in the cold, barren land. Heck i would cry if i had to live in Minnesota too haha.

Eskimo

I used to be very concerned about the CN Tower in Toronto. I was quite worried that it would fall one day, and even more worried that when it did snap off at the base and topple over, it was SO tall that the top could land right on me, in my backyard, 7 kilometers away.

Tikifish

I belived that the only countrys in the world outside Sweden was USA or Sovjet! I couldn´t understand that it was true that Sovjet was gone when my teacher told me. And that was 3 years after it fell. :-)

Krickan

My sister used to think that the cooling towers of power staions were cloud factories

jozef

when i was 4 my mom told me we lived in Indiana and i would tell people we lived in Diana

Anon

I used to think that in every country there was an exact copy of you but they spoke another language…… I used to think that my copy person would get washed up on a beach and id be able to talk to her ;)

moi

when i was about 4 or 5 i ALWAYS thought that the world was just my little town callled stone. i believed this for years untill i learnt otherwise.

Gummie

I lived in a state capital and enjoyed playing in the capital building as a child. I used to think that all cities had capital buildings and was quite confused when there wasn't one downtown. Luckily, I again live in a state capital so everything is right with the world. :-)

Anon

up until about 6 years ago i thought everton was in london!

Anon

I used to believe that ScotLand was on an airplane. My grandma would always go to the airport to go to ScotLand so I just assumed Scotland was on an Airplane.

RyanisGay

when i was small about 5 or 6. i used to believe that i actually live in a planet not a country. when people around me tell me that there need to go to USA, Canada and other country i used to believed that they went there by rokets not plane.

Anon

My Grandparents live in England, they always have. I live in the USA, and when I was a little girl I would go to the beach and stare really hard over the Atlantic- right into the horizon. I really believed that I could see England.

jennifer

When I was about 4 I used to think that "China" was a bad word. I guess it was becuse I heard a child at my pre-school say that if you dug and dug in the ground, there would be China. And sence the middle of the Earth was hot and I thought it was hell or some'm. To summerize that, I thought China was in the middle of the world. Well one night at dinner, my Grandapa said, "Do you know what happens when you flush the toilet?" "What?" "It goes to CHINA!" And so I slaped him really hard. "You said a bad word!!" I got a lession on China affter that.

~~Cool~~

I used to think that my state flag (Arkansas) was the same thing as the American flag. I guess I thought they were the same place and I couldn't understand why there were two flags for one place.

Lady J

I used to believe that when grownups talked about "joining the Common Market" as we were at that time, that this meant we all had to move house and go and live in this huge market somewhere, also that "Downham " a town close to us was actually Denmark and if I ever went there, suddenly everyone would be wearing clogs and pointed caps like in my childhood atlas

teresa

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

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