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Alaska
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...is the northernmost U.S. state; the southernmost is...
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Hawaii
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Hawaii
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...was once an independent kingdom - similar to how a New England state was once the independent republic of...
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Vermont
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Vermont
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...is separated by the Connecticut River from...
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New Hampshire
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New Hampshire
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...is home to Mt. Washington, but the highest point east of the Mississippi River is in the Black Mountains of...
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North Carolina
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North Carolina
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...shares Great Smoky Mountain National Park with...
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Tennessee
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Tennessee
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...was the birthplace of Davy Crockett, but he died at the Alamo in...
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Texas
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Texas
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...was the longtime home of both Presidents Bush, but each attended Yale University in...
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Connecticut
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Connecticut
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...was the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. The first was...
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Delaware
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Delaware
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...is the second smallest state, larger than only...
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Rhode Island
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Rhode Island
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...is nearly bisected by an ocean bay, much like the Mid-Atlantic state of...
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Maryland
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Maryland
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...shares most of the Mason-Dixon line with...
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Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania
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...is home to the source of the Ohio River in Pittsburgh. The river ends in Cairo,...
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Illinois
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Illinois
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...shares the Quad Cities with...
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Iowa
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Iowa
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...is one of only two 4-letter states where 3 of the letters are vowels. The other is...
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Ohio
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Ohio
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...fought a "war" over Toledo with...
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Michigan
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Michigan
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...borders Lake Superior - as do Wisconsin and...
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Minnesota
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Minnesota
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...is home to the city of Moorhead, which is a suburb of Fargo,...
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North Dakota
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North Dakota
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...became a state the same day as...
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South Dakota
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South Dakota
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...is home to the Black Hills; however, Devil's Tower is located in neighboring...
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Wyoming
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Wyoming
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...contains 96% of Yellowstone National Park, but 3% is in Montana & 1% is in...
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Idaho
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Idaho
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...has the second largest percentage of Mormon residents, trailing only...
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Utah
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Utah
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...has 5 national parks, but the first land set aside by Congress for recreation was Hot Springs,...
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Arkansas
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Arkansas
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...and its neighbor ______ have their namesake rivers converge southeast of Pine Bluff.
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Mississippi
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Mississippi
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...experienced up to 28 feet of storm surge from Hurricane Katrina, but the state with the most deaths was...
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Louisiana
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Louisiana
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...has the second highest percentage of residents with French ancestry, trailing only...
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Maine
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Maine
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...contains the terminus of Interstate 95, which begins 1,906 miles south in...
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Florida
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Florida
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...is home to NASA launches at Cape Canaveral, but NASA's Space Camp is in Huntsville,...
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Alabama
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Alabama
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...hosted the Selma to Montgomery march of Martin Luther King Jr., but his home state was...
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Georgia
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Georgia
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...is separated by the Savannah River from...
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South Carolina
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South Carolina
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...doesn't have Charleston as its capital, but Charleston is the capital of...
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West Virginia
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West Virginia
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...was formed in 1863 from...
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Virginia
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Virginia
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...was home to England's 1st colony in the future U.S. - their 2nd was founded in 1620 in...
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Massachusetts
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Massachusetts
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...and Virginia were founded by English colonists, while the Dutch settled in an area now known as...
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New York
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New York
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...is the home of Liberty Island, but it is surrounded by the waters of...
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New Jersey
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New Jersey
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...was the destination of a daring Christmas Eve raid across the Delaware River led by General...
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Washington
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Washington
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...is separated by the Columbia River from...
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Oregon
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Oregon
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...is home to Mt. Hood, from whose summit you can see Mt. Shasta in...
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California
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California
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...shares the longest straight border between U.S. states - its diagonal border with...
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Nevada
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Nevada
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...and its extreme southern point are separated by the Colorado River from Bullhead City,...
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Arizona
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Arizona
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...is home to the largest portion of the Navajo Nation, shared mainly with its neighbor...
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New Mexico
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New Mexico
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...shares a common point at Four Corners with Arizona, Utah, and...
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Colorado
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Colorado
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...has the highest "low point" of any state, at 3,317 feet in elevation along the Arikaree River at its border with...
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Kansas
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Kansas
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...along with Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas all border Cinamaron County,...
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Oklahoma
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Oklahoma
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...'s last five letters can be rearranged to spell the name of the largest city in...
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Nebraska
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Nebraska
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...has a capital city named after a president who was born in...
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Kentucky
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Kentucky
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...and Arkansas are the only shared neighbors of the two states that border 8 states each - Tennessee and...
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Missouri
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Missouri
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...was the final home for Laura Ingalls Wilder. She was born in the "Little House in the Big Woods" of Pepin,...
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Wisconsin
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Wisconsin
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...is home to the northern suburbs of Chicago. The city's eastern suburbs are in...
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Indiana
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Indiana
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...Dunes is one of the newest national parks. The founding of the nation's first, Yellowstone, is commemorated by the Roosevelt Arch in Gardiner,...
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Montana
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Montana
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...is the third-largest U.S. state, trailing only Texas and...
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Alaska
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