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Explore the world, one country at a time.
Country profiles, flag guides, US states, capitals, currencies and travel inspiration — researched and written for curious travellers.
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Barbados
Barbados is the easternmost Caribbean island, famous for white-sand beaches, world-class rum distilleries, and a parliament dating to 1639 — the third-oldest in the Commonwealth.
- Capital
- Bridgetown
- Population
- 280K
- Currency
- Barbadian Dollar (BBD)
- Continent
- North America
Every flag, every nation.
A wall of national flags from across the world. Click any flag to read its design history, adoption date, and the symbolism of its colours. Showing 24 of 198.
Cities and landmarks worth the trip.
United States of America
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States of the union.
Twenty-eight at random from all fifty states plus the District of Columbia and the territories — capitals, statehoods, mottoes, populations and flags.
- Missouri
- Arizona
- Louisiana
- U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
- Mississippi
- Indiana
- Wisconsin
- Midway Atoll
- Kentucky
- Johnston Atoll
- Alabama
- Puerto Rico
- New York
- New Hampshire
- Delaware
- North Carolina
- Idaho
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Kingman Reef
- West Virginia
- Vermont
- Oregon
- Georgia
- Oklahoma
- American Samoa
- Howland Island
- Guam
