Hilton Head Monthly Magazine

Earlier this month, business/finance website Mainstreet.com named Hilton Head Island the eighth-drunkest town in America, using a mysterious formula that, er, they didn’t really describe a whole lot. To our knowledge, Hilton Head has yet to appear on such a national drinking list, but it has been ranked nationally in some unusual places. Here are 10 of them, some real, some totally made up. See if you can separate fact from fiction:

1. TripAdvisor.com’s 25 Best Beaches in the U.S. (No. 17)
2. Travel and Leisure’s Top 50 Resorts For Parents and Kids (The Sea Pines Resort, No. 13)
3. Margaritaville.com’s Top 10 Places To Step On A Pop Top (No. 7)
4. PerezHilton.com’s Favorite Celebrity Rehab Getaways (No. 10)
5. NationalGeographic-Traveler’s Bottom Five Island Destinations
6. Conde Nast Traveler’s Top Golf Resorts (The Inn at Harbour Town, No. 33)
7. Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Top Resort Destinations  for Vegans (No. 12)
8. CNBC’s “Tom Brokaw Reports: Boomers!” Top Places For Boomers To Retire
9. American Journal of Podiatry’s Top 10 Vacation Destinations That Resemble Footwear (No. 3, behind Italy and Galoshistan)
10. ForbesTraveler.com’s 10 Most Beautiful Courses in the Country (Harbour Town Golf Links)