“You’re mad, bonkers, completely off your head. But I’ll tell you a secret. All the best people are,” said Lewis Carroll in his famous story, Alice in Wonderland.

A couple of weeks ago, I took a day trip to Ocean City, NJ. Once there, I looked for some new and different things to do and discovered that the town has a “historical museum” of the shore’s history. Being a lover of history, I walked several miles to the museum to take it all in. The entrance to the museum was free but one was asked to sign in. Upon coming up to sign the visitor booklet, I asked incredulously if indeed the entry was free. The man behind the glass counter said gruffly, “That depends on what state you’re from.” Taken by surprise, I replied, “I’m from Pennsylvania.” He snorted in disgust, glared at me as though I wa…