Puerto Rico Votes for statehood.

The 51st state just got closer to reality than any time in the last 100 years. In yesterday's election, Puerto Ricans voted--for the fir...

Chicago the 51st state?

Two rural Illinois legislators want to expel Chicago from Illinois. Their idea is to force Chicago to become the 51st state, so the rest of ...

The town in two states

The fine folks of Price Place, Arkansas seem to live in two states simultaneously. They pay taxes to Arkansas, but their kids go to Missouri...

All 50 states mentioned in movies

I'm not sure how anyone could have enough free time to create this, but I'm glad they did. If you are studying state capitals in sch...

Hiatus

Real life is ramping up—so I'm going to have less time for this blog in the coming months. It's a bit of a bummer, because creating ...

Weekly World News - flag "fail"

I put "fail" in quotes, because, of course, everything in Weekly World News  is a silly joke. After all, this is the paper that on...

Young state riddle

Just four US states are less than 100 years old. Can you name them? Two are so easy, I included them on the map above: Alaska and Hawaii. Bu...