The first 13 states listed below were the original 13 colonies. Their so-called statehood dates are the day they ratified the U.S. Constitution. For all other states, the date is the day the U.S.

When I was a teenager, I stumbled across a Xerox copy of a blank U.S. map. There, my parents had written down the years I first visited each state, and I realized I was well on my way to spending ...

Texas, Wyoming and Idaho are the states with the least personal freedoms in the American Union according to the latest Freedom in the 50 States map. The study, which covers 2023, was published by ...