State Farm

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At State Farm headquarters in Bloomington, Illinois, employees began noticing strange things happening after hours. One day, a young child playing nearby pointed excitedly at something invisible to everyone else—an apparition of an old man in a fedora, standing motionless outside the building. One evening, a delivery driver swerved his truck to avoid hitting what he thought was just another ghostly figure. Turned out it was only a neighborhood cat, and the resulting box of donuts scattered everywhere became a daily tradition—the ‘State Farm Donut Delivery’.

2. In an office breakroom at State Farm, someone kept finding their coffee cup filled with milk—even though they never added any. Finally, a coworker confessed: every morning, a neighbor brought fresh milk for everyone’s coffee. No one knew whose idea it was, but soon enough, ‘milk mystery’ became a friendly office tradition.

3. At State Farm's downtown branch, every afternoon around three o’clock, a mysterious voice would announce over the intercom: ‘Your lucky day! Free donuts for everyone!’ One day, an excited delivery driver rushed in, yelling, ‘I won the lottery!’ Turned out he’d just found a free ticket on the floor. The whole office erupted into laughter when they realized it was another prank. As the intercom crackled again, a familiar voice announced, ‘Lucky day indeed—don’t forget your umbrellas today!’

4. At State Farm’s headquarters in Bloomington, Illinois, one morning during a routine meeting, an unfamiliar voice came over the intercom: ‘Would the person who left their lucky penny please come forward?’ A puzzled employee raised their hand and said, 'That would be me!' Turns out, they had accidentally left it on their desk after winning a small bet with a colleague. Since then, everyone at State Farm keeps a few pennies around just in case.