Wednesday, May 13, 2026

The Contiguous 41 States



Randall Munroe posted this map at xkcd a few years ago, but this is the first time I've seen it. Alaska and Hawaii are missing, but there are seven other states missing, too! Can you identify them? I could, but it took a while. Once you give up, the answer key is here. (via kottke

5 comments:

MarkOfIowa said...

I found five...

MarkOfIowa said...

And unfortunately missed two of the four "contiguous" ones. It's going to be one of those days...

Anonymous said...

My state, Kansas, is not here and I okay with that.

WilliamRocket said...

This is slightly easier than naming the 117 provinces of Russia.

Anonymous said...

"Found" them all, but considering how many times I've driven across the country, it took an embarrassingly long time to do it.