How the U.S. is divided politically and what happens to the states caught in the middle.
Rural cultures clashed and shaped states.
War is needed to close a divide in the country.
The future of the conquered American West.
Large states and small states.
Unique American values that make up the nation; how the map has shaped Americans.
A mistake made by the Founding Fathers affects the Georgia-Tennessee border; why Maine has so much water.
Why Chicago could have been in Wisconsin; why are states out West so big and boxy; Forgottonia.
Why Montana looks like it took a bite out of Idaho; why Texas was broken up into five states; why are there two Carolinas.
Behind blank spots like Area 51; what possessed the citizens of Key West to secede from Florida; old missile bunkers turned into dream homes; a county that was left off Georgia's quarter.
If you thought our borders were set in stone, you'd be wrong.
Could Utah have been bigger than Texas?; how religion shattered New England into little shapes; the Civil War's origin in Kansas.
How Green Bay helped carve the border with Canada; what football has to do with fur; is North Carolina the real Golden State; why everyone should move to North Dakota.
World War II preserves the shape of California; part of Maine becomes northern Massachusetts; Florida's cowboy tradition.
Why southern accents didn't exist until after the Civil War; California athletes coin new words; pop versus soda; an accent that may cause New York to break up.