Montpelier takes "freedom" a bit far

Last week I mentioned that Montpelier, Vermont is the only capital city in America without a McDonalds. Now it turns out that Montpelier has...

Milwaukee Supervisor's incredible blunder

In a recent public meeting, Milwaukee Supervisor Peggy West said she couldn't support Arizona's immigration laws, because Arizona do...

What is the only state capital without a McDonalds?

I don't know if this is good or bad, but there is only one U.S. state capital city that doesn't have a McDonalds. Can you name it? ...

Katie Couric flunks geography

Tonight (June 21, 2010) Katie Couric called Key West, Florida the "southernmost city in the U.S." That's so wrong. We have 50 ...

A bad name for the 51st state

Say it isn't so, Washington Post.  On Sunday, the respected newspaper reported on recent efforts to make Washington D.C. the 51st state...

Colorado's map confusion

So the big news in college football recently is Colorado joining the Pacific-10 conference. In it's quest for more money, the Pac-10 has...

"Lost States" got talent...

....the book's designer does, that is. Doogie Horner, who designed Lost States --and created the terrific cover--had a spot on America&#...

Why we can't have 87 states

On flag day you may have heard about mathematician Skip Garibaldi's computer program designed to figure out how our flag would look as ...

Flag Day can make you rich!

Monday is Flag Day - a holiday that originated just a few miles from my home here in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. How can Flag Day make you ri...

Montezuma's Revenge

With everyone so concerned about Arizona's new immigration law, I'm surprised no one's talked about how we actually got our bord...

Radio day

If you're here, you probably heard me on the radio today talking about Lost States. Feel free to explore the site... and of you'd li...