Every US State Explained in 30 Minutes

One surprising, sourced fact about every US state, on one map that fills in as we go: why Maine has more shoreline than California, the Kansas cow pasture every map was measured from, the river Chicago turned around, the canyon deeper than the Grand Canyon, and a Hawaiian mountain taller than Everest. Plus the map detail that changes how you read America: half of all Americans live in just nine states. Which state is the most underrated in America? Make your case in the comments. Chapters 0:00 Maine has more coastline than California? 0:40 1. Maine 1:18 2. New Hampshire 1:50 3. Vermont 2:26 4. Massachusetts 3:00 5. Rhode Island 3:32 6. Connecticut 4:02 7. New York 4:32 8. New Jersey 5:00 9. Pennsylvania 5:43 10. Delaware 6:14 11. Maryland 6:50 12. Virginia 7:25 13. West Virginia 7:56 14. North Carolina 8:29 15. South Carolina 9:01 16. Georgia 9:33 17. Florida 10:12 18. Alabama 10:40 19. Mississippi 11:12 20. Tennessee 11:45 21. Kentucky 12:11 22. Arkansas 12:42 23. Louisiana 13:16 24. Oklahoma 13:44 25. Texas 14:22 Halfway: the map's hidden detail 15:08 26. Ohio 15:30 27. Michigan 16:01 28. Indiana 16:32 29. Illinois 17:03 30. Wisconsin 17:23 31. Minnesota 17:49 32. Iowa 18:13 33. Missouri 18:43 34. Kansas 19:14 35. Nebraska 19:42 36. South Dakota 20:07 37. North Dakota 20:43 38. Montana 21:09 39. Wyoming 21:38 40. Colorado 22:09 41. New Mexico 22:35 42. Arizona 23:00 43. Utah 23:29 44. Nevada 23:54 45. Idaho 24:29 46. Washington 24:59 47. Oregon 25:30 48. California 26:03 49. Alaska 26:29 50. Hawaii 26:55 Which state is the most underrated? Key sources (every number is sourced; the full list of 60+ sources is kept with our script): https://coast.noaa.gov/data/docs/stat... https://www.census.gov/data/tables/20... https://www.usgs.gov/educational-reso... https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/20... Maps: our own, from U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files (public domain) and NASA Blue Marble Next Generation imagery with GEBCO relief (NASA Visible Earth, public domain). Icons: Font Awesome Free (CC BY 4.0). Music and sound effects: CC0 and licensed libraries.