How The States Got Their Shapes

How has water has literally shaped the States?

How the States Got Their Shapes

How have massive geological events helped create the American map? Long before the Founding Fathers drew the map, mother nature shaped some states.

How did the most rebellious states took shape?

What secrets are hiding in our map? What's behind the "blank spots" like Area 51? What possessed the citizens of Key West to throw down their margaritas and secede from Florida?

If you thought our borders were set in stone, you'd be wrong. 

Ever since the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower, what we believe and how we believe has shaped the American map. Could Utah have been bigger than Texas?

Did money make our map? Through boom and through bust, the sweet smell of profit has drawn and redrawn our states. How did Green Bay help carve our border with Canada?

Will rivalries within our states break them into pieces? Cultures compete against each other all over the map. In extreme cases, they can divide states in two.

Why do we have so many different words for the same things--like pop versus soda?