If you were to drop Dave Imus anywhere in the United States, he could likely point out something unique in the landscape around him. This winding road through flat farmland, 30 miles outside of Eugene ...

The U.S. Minor Outlying Islands are a group of nine very remote, unincorporated territories straddling the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. While many people do not think of them this way, these ...

When the United States officially emerged as an independent country after the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783, it was a nation rich in promise but disstructured in design. Its boundaries were ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. The “Eagle Map of the United ...

Think you know your U.S. state geography? We’ll start you off with an easy one. Which state is this thumbtack located in? It may look like it here, but Florida isn’t the southernmost state in the U.S.

It's the Super Bowl, and once again the New England Patriots are playing in the NFL's annual title game. So it's time for a quick geography lesson about which states actually comprise the region of ...

The U.S. Coast Survey map calculated the number of slaves in each county in the United States in 1860. Library of Congress In September of 1861, the U.S. Coast Survey published a large map, ...