An image of a giant colorful ball in New York City's Times Square may come to mind for many when thinking about New Year's Eve, but for several others across the country, ringing in the new year looks a little different.
Throughout the United States, places have chosen items unique to their cities and states to drop at the stroke of midnight to celebrate the new year, including large lit-up mechanical pieces of food, shoes, and symbols of the city itself.
Here's a look at some of the most unusual New Year's Eve drops in the United States.
In the music city, it's only natural that the new year is rung in with a musical note. The event will include the famed red Music Note, which will be dropped from a 140-foot tower at midnight to ring in the new year.
The giant aluminum and acrylic music note stands 16 feet tall and weighs around 400 pounds. There are 28.140 LED pixels in the note, according to Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. When the note drops at midnight, it is accompanied by a 90-second firework display.
