Navassa Island is an uninhabited limestone island in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and Haiti. Claimed by the United States in 1857 under the Guano Islands Act, its sovereignty is disputed by Haiti. Today it is a National Wildlife Refuge with strictly limited access for scientific research.
Palmyra Atoll is a remote atoll in the Northern Line Islands. The only incorporated US territory and the only Minor Outlying Island still subject to the full US Constitution. Privately owned by The Nature Conservancy and the US Fish and Wildlife Service since 2000, it serves as a research station for marine and terrestrial ecology.
Wake Island is a coral atoll in the western Pacific Ocean, claimed by the United States in 1899 and operated as a US Air Force facility. Strategically positioned between Hawaii and Guam, it served as a Pan Am refueling stop in the 1930s and was a key Pacific battleground in World War II.
The U.S. Virgin Islands is a Caribbean US territory comprising St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix, with white-sand beaches, the historic colonial port of Charlotte Amalie, and the Virgin Islands National Park.
Utah has more national parks than any state except California — the famous 'Mighty Five' (Zion, Bryce, Canyonlands, Arches, Capitol Reef), plus the Great Salt Lake and a strong Mormon heritage.
Vermont is the only New England state without an Atlantic coastline, dominated by the Green Mountains, dairy farms, maple syrup production and the highest concentration of independent bookstores in America.
Virginia is the birthplace of eight US presidents, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. It hosts the Pentagon, CIA headquarters, and the historic colonial sites of Jamestown and Williamsburg.
Washington is the only US state named after a president, with Mount Rainier National Park, the Cascade volcanic peaks, the Columbia River Gorge, and the rainy Pacific Northwest forests of the Olympic Peninsula.
Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States — a federal district, not a state, that hosts the White House, Capitol Building, Supreme Court, and the Smithsonian museums.