If you’re planning to travel across the United States – and you plan to drink in a state besides the one you live in – you might want to do your homework! Some states have “dry counties,” where alcohol cannot be purchased, requiring a tedious jaunt across county lines – or have other “oddball” laws/rules restricting the purchase of/consumption of alcohol.

Did you know alcohol sales are prohibited  in stores on election day in Alaska until after polls have closed?

If you’re planning to travel to Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, South Dakota, Tennessee or Texas? Check into which of their counties are “wet” or “dry.” See a list of those counties here.

In other states, you can’t run into just any grocery store to buy a bottle of Grey Goose. For example,  in the states of Oregon, New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi – liquor is sold in state-run stores (sometimes called ABC Stores).

Then there are the “Blue Laws” regarding the sale of alcohol on Sundays, which vary from state to state (and in some cases, from municipality to municipality).

Not surprisingly, the state of Nevada seems to have the most “liberal” drinking laws of any of the states – with sales allowed 24 hours a day. Even public intoxication is LEGAL in Nevada – but then who’s going to know about it if you get drunk and dance around naked in Bellagio’s famous fountains? Whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas! Even if what “happens” is you being naked and drunk and thrown into jail (indecent exposure might still be against the law in Vegas unless you’re a showgirl)!