New Year's Eve: Unusual drops around the USA — experience.usatoday.com

There are plenty of ways to ring in the New Year, and perhaps the most famous of all is Times Square and the famed ball drop, watched by millions around the world. Here are 12 other fun ways to celebrate 2015 across the USA. Chocolate chip cookie fans, rejoice! A replica Toll House Cookie will drop at midnight for the first time over the center of the Town of Whitman, Mass., where the cookie was invented in the 1930 by Toll House Restaurant owner Ruth Wakefield. Leading up to the delicious drop will be live music, entertainment, food, fireworks and more, beginning at 8:30 p.m.

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