California
California is the most populous US state, the world's fifth-largest economy if it were a country, with Silicon Valley, Hollywood, the Golden Gate Bridge, and landscapes from Death Valley to redwood forests.
California is the most populous US state, the world's fifth-largest economy if it were a country, with Silicon Valley, Hollywood, the Golden Gate Bridge, and landscapes from Death Valley to redwood forests.
Colorado is the highest US state, with 58 mountain peaks above 4,267 m, the Rocky Mountains, world-famous ski resorts at Aspen and Vail, and the geographic centre of the Rocky Mountain West in Denver.
Connecticut is a small but historically pivotal New England state on Long Island Sound, with a colonial heritage including the Fundamental Orders of 1639 — one of the world's first written constitutions.
Delaware was the first state to ratify the US Constitution on 7 December 1787, earning the nickname 'The First State'. It is the second-smallest US state by area but a major centre for corporate registration.
Florida is the southernmost mainland US state, a peninsula bordered by the Atlantic and Gulf, famous for Walt Disney World, the Everglades wetlands, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, and a year-round warm climate.
Georgia is the largest US state east of the Mississippi River, with the world's busiest passenger airport in Atlanta, the historic city of Savannah, and the Appalachian Mountains in the north.
Guam is the largest US territory in the Pacific, located in Micronesia, with the indigenous Chamorro culture, Andersen Air Force Base, and a tropical climate that makes it a year-round travel destination.
Hawaii is an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Pacific, the only US state outside North America, with active volcanoes, Pearl Harbor, and a unique blend of Polynesian, Asian, and American cultures.
Idaho is a mountainous Rocky-Mountain state best known for potato production, the Salmon River Canyon (one of North America's deepest), and the resort town of Sun Valley.