Located in Pinal County between the cities of Phoenix and Tucson, along the Interstate 10 corridor, Eloy is a town of fewer than 20,000 residents which lies in the vast Sonoran Desert. Though there’s not much to the town itself, it has its fair share of historic, geologic and natural sites that you’ll want to …
Translated into English, the Spanish word after which the town is named means walnuts. It’s anybody’s guess why they chose that name, but it’s probably because of the walnut trees that are found in the area, mostly on the fields of commercial growers. The town of Nogales is just a stone’s throw across the border …
Aptly known as the “Natural State,” Arkansas is located in the south-eastern part of the United States of America. Reportedly, 56% of the state is covered in forest, which includes 2.5 million acres of national forest, 50 state parks, 7 national scenic byways, and 3 state scenic byways. Once known as the “Bear State” due …
A huge landlocked state in the northwestern area of the USA, Montana is the county’s fourth-biggest state. Known for its dramatic mountains, exciting wildlife, and abundant ways to get back to nature, Montana appears near the bottom of lists that detail the most densely populated states and the most populous states. That means there’s a …
Neighbored by Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Minnesota, Iowa is a state in the Midwestern United States which is bordered by the Mississippi River on the east and the Missouri River on the west. The state flag’s distinctive resemblance to the flag of France is due to the French influence in the city …
The USA’s second-smallest state, teeny Delaware is just 96 miles long and 35 miles wide at its widest point. Crossing the state at its narrowest point is super easy—it measures just nine miles. The state has just three counties, the smallest number in the country. The population may not be huge but, thanks to the …
Often thought to be a state in the middle of nowhere, South Dakota is in the American Midwest region and part of the Great Plains. It’s the 17th-largest state, but among the five least-populated and least-densely populated states. It also falls short when it comes to tourism, being in the bottom ten states for seeing …
Officially known as the “Constitution State”, Connecticut derives its name from the river that intersects the state. The third smallest state by area, Connecticut is located in the north-eastern region of the United States of America. Although a part of the New England region, Connecticut is often considered as one of the three states that …
New Hampshire is a small state in New England. The fifth-smallest of all the USA’s states, it is also the tenth least-populated state. It shares land borders with Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, and Canada’s Quebec, and also has a short 18-mile-long stretch of coastline along the Atlantic. Known as the Granite State, New Hampshire is famous …
The last state to become part of the United States of America, Hawaii was admitted to the Union in August 1959. It was pipped to the post by Alaska, which joined in the January of the same year, with the previous state (Arizona) having joined almost 50 years before. The only state to be made …