75% of Canadians in Canada live south of Seattle.

“North, South Carolina is 100 miles southeast of Due West.” Well done.

Growing up in El Paso Texas, we were closer in mileage to LA (Cali) than we were to Houston. Back in the early ‘80’s, cable TV came across the desert states to El Paso from CA, so we were much more in tune with the west coast than we were to the rest of our state!

Also, Salt Lake in Minnesota is the only salt lake between Utah and the Atlantic Ocean. It’s 25% of the salinity of the ocean and attracts unique birds due to its salt nature. Also, Minnesota has no rivers flow into it (only out)

I have driven through that part of Maryland before. My Google map: "Welcome to Maryland"... 30 seconds later: “Welcome to West Virginia”

I live in NW Florida (a state with three NFL teams) and the closest NFL stadium is in Louisiana, three states away.

Really like your videos. An interesting fact about Seattle is that they measure the rainfall at the airport. The airport was built where it is for two reasons. First, it split two major cities. Second, it was a fairly "dry" place. If you go fifteen miles to the east, the average rainfall jumps to over 50".

For a couple years of high school I lived on the border of Hamilton and Marion county in Tennessee and randomly my phone would switch time zones during the night… I was only late to class a couple times 😂

How much of Northern Canada is habitable? Nunavut

The Oregon /Florida one hour time difference deal takes a minute to sink in...good stuff!!..thanks 👍

As a western marylander, thanks for calling out the 1-mile-wide oddity! Another one that's slightly less impressive is a little farther east. If you start in I-81 at the Pennsylvania border and head south, you cross through 4 states in just 30 minutes (~35ish miles or so).

Maybe has been said in the comments long ago, but there's another instance of an Interstate dipping into another state like I-24 dips briefly into Georgia. I-86 in New York between Elmira and Binghamton briefly drops into the state of Pennsylvania for about a mile. Similarly, the mile markings and exit numbering does not change. I-86 is a relatively newly designated Interstate, so I-24 may have held that distinction for quite a long time, but it now has humble but legitimate company!

Another note about Crater Lake is that there's no river feeding it. It's all rain and snow melt. With no sediment coming or going, you get that clear blue body of water. Fun vid!

Even though I’m not american (I’m swedish) I love this kind of geographical quirks and oddities about the US (and anywhere else).

I had a friend who farmed in Divide County , North Dakota. He had a field that was on the Canadian border. The field was actually a hay slough which was bisected by the US-Canadian border. He was fond of saying that the border in that area was determined by whoever cut hay in that field first, of course, each farmer only cut the hay on his side of the slough.

I used to live, at different times, in Chicago, and in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Both are closer to Texarkana, Texas than El Paso Texas is. You can probably find a lot of similar oddities by measuring the distance between the points in Texas that are farthest apart, and making that distance the radius of a circle centered on either of the two points. Texas is BIG!

"Interesting quirks and features" Careful, you might summon a wild Doug Demuro

In Michigan, you can visit Paradise, Nirvana, and Hell, all in the same day. Inasmuch as Paradise is in the upper peninsula and Hell is downstate near Detroit, Paradise is frequently colder than Hell.

Thank you so much for your awesome channel and I hope you know how much I appreciate you 🌎

The Baja Peninsula always struck me as as odd geographical oddity for it's length and strange weather not to mention the hammerhead sharks.

Really weird thing about land being on the other side of the Mississippi River: Illinois's first capitol is now west of the river: Kaskaskia was the territorial capital and I do believe very briefly the state capitol. But now it's west of the river on an island - and the only bridge to it connects to the Missouri side. So you have to go to Missouri to see Illinois's first state capitol.

In the seventh grade had a teacher teach flat earth. The point of the classes was to prove him wrong. He was one of the better teachers for developing critical thinking.

My favorite episode of any episode of anything on youtube or any tube.

An oddity on Washington's Olympic Peninsula: The Hoh Rainforest is the only temperate rain forest in North America with about 140 inches a year. Travel a straight line distance of about 40 miles north east to the town of Sequim and you'll be in an area that receives around 23 inches a year.

Maine is the only state to border only one other state (NH). Every other state borders at least two states or, in the case of AK and HI, no states. Just a bit of trivia.

Here's one random fact I recently learned: There is just one county east of the Mississippi River that has less than 1 person per square mile: Keweenaw County, Michigan. It's because a large majority of the county is water - Lake Superior, to be exact. It's where Isle Royale National Park is as well.

Interesting, and I really appreciate you put the metric numbers at the bottom of the screen in most cases you mention a distance or another unit. This expands your public to the rest of the world iso just the USA... Well done from marketing perspective!

Love you geography videos! I am a geography buff myself, and I really enjoy your videos, and I learn a lot! Thank you so much! Always excited for new videos!

Pittsburgh and Miami are roughly at the same longitude, and Cleveland and Jacksonville are also roughly at the same longitude!

Don’t know if this geography, but earlier this I was surprised to learn that the bottom of Lake Erie is actually higher above sea level than the surface of Lake Ontario.

If I remember correctly, Alaska had 5 time zones at one time. Anchorage (the largest city) was 2 hours later than Juneau (the state capitol) and Nome was 2 hours later than Anchorage. In 1983 nearly all of Alaska was placed into one time zone. But the Island of Attu is across the international date line so it is really in yesterday.

This is my favorite US geography oddity videos! I love this channel!

One interesting fact I learned is that the southeastern most point of Michigan is closer to South Carolina than the westernmost point of Michigan!

Man, I love your channel. My dad gave me his Rand McNally World Atlas when I was 5 years old because I was always reading its maps, comparing states, borders & minutiae like you do in many of your videos. So imagine one of the first few dates I had with my wife in our mid-20’s, we both turn out to be geography trivia champs at a local bar. Still together 30 years later. 👍

You are super! I really enjoy all of your videos! Thanks for keeping me entertained with interesting facts about the US.

Just bumped into this channel; great stuff!

When you were talking about Seattle and snow. I think an interesting fact to most people is that Flagstaff AZ is one of the snowiest cities in the US.

If you live in Texarkana, Texas you don't pay state tax. Texas doesn't pay state tax 4:33

I’ve always found Minnesota’s Northwest Angle to be really interesting. There’s another community on the US/Canada border where the international border runs down the middle of the street and people have to check in with immigration just to do daily tasks.

Fun fact: That portion of Florida is actually the same time as that portion of Idaho for one hour on the first Sunday in November, after Central Time changes its time but before Mountain Time does!

I-684 in NY passes through a small portion of CT with no exits before returning to NY.

There is a city(more like a town) that's in Utah and Nevada called Wendover. Nevada's side is lit up because of casinos and Utah's side is dark and almost dead. There's a town called George in Washington, so George, Washington.

Cool info just found this channel last week never new I loved this stuff so much I can't stop watching

I just discovered your channel and working from the past to present. Highly entertaining and enlightening.😊

I’m from Texarkana, and want to make a correction/add info: While Texarkana is considered “one city” by most people, it is actually two cities. You could say that Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas are conjoined twin cities, since they do share quite a few municipal services, such as water, and one Chamber of Commerce. Also, in the Courthouse/Post Office that is situated on the state line, the judges chair in the courtroom is bolted to the floor so that they are always sitting in (and hopefully representing) the two states.

From the Winchester, Virginia area you can travel east and be in West Virginia.

I love your videos, and this is another great one! I noticed that you put a pic of Lorne Cardinal as Davis Quinton from Corner Gas. I love that show!

I enjoy your videos. This one was probably my favorite yet. Tha k you and keep it up

Keep in mind that during the hour of the time change, the portions of FL and OR are at the same time for an hour...

Re: I-24 at Chattanooga The new I-86 at Waverly, NY also dips into another state (PA)

You are the encyclopedia 101. Very entertaining Very educational. I’m learning so much geographically about this country Thank you keep it up brother.

I just discovered your channel.Learning so much about the USA.Thank you.

Living in Chattanooga, I figured you would’ve mentioned Bristol TN/VA. It’s a city split in two by the state line, if you’re driving down State Street heading East, you’re in TN but if you make a U-turn and head West, you’re in VA. Very neat place to visit.

Texhoma strandles the Ok and Tx border in the panhandle. If you lived here, you would go to prek-4 in Texas and 5-12 in Oklahoma. Also Cimmaron county, Oklahoma is the only county in the county in the US to border 4 states and the only county to border 5 different counties in 5 different states(NM, TX, CO, KS, and OK). Pretty interesting geography even in "No Man's Land".

Really enjoying your content! Thank you.

My favorite US geographic oddity (learned from an old AAA TourBook): It is farther to drive from Walnut Hill, Florida to Key West (862 miles), than it is to drive from Walnut Hill, Florida to Chicago (849 miles (via I-65/US-41)).

One cool fact I have is that five counties come to a quintapoint in southern Florida in Lake Okeechobee. I think it’s the only place like that

When I lived in Huntsville AL, I always thought it was interesting that Huntsville got about 1-3/4 inches of snow and Nashville got six inches.

Love your videos man!

Every one of this guy's videos is like when your high school teacher would do a lesson that was randomly really interesting. can't get enough

the eastermost point of Puerto Rico is further away from Key West than Key West is to Canada (1083 miles vs 1075 miles)

I just found this today and I’m hooked!

This was pretty cool man I just subscribed

New England is completely separated from the rest of the country by one state: New York. Also, New Jersey comes the closest to two states without bordering them: Connecticut and Maryland. Both CT-NY-NJ and MD-DE-NJ are referred to as tri-state areas, though NJ doesn't actually border CT or MD.

Kept expecting a mention of the peculiar northern border of Delaware. It's the only border in the US (as far as I know) that is described in terms of a radius from a fixed point.

Thank You for the informative content. I enjoyed hearing facts about our country. Your channel is very entertaining. It is easy to retain statistics due to choice of word placement & sentences. You have a good way of delivering your message because of speaking clearly w/o an annoying voice. Great Job! Keep up the sharing of knowledge. You seem like an enthusiastic & patriotic American. -TrashyTodd

HI Carl, Your channel is the only geography channel I watch!! A few interesting geographical tidbits for ya... #1. South Point, HI (on "the Big Island of Hawaii) is more southern than Mexico City, Mexico & in fact, is the southernmost point of any US soil. #2 For the most part (Honolulu, a notable exception), city government is nonexistent, most islands are in the county of the same name of their respective island & a county council & mayor exist for each of their entire island!! The Big Island, as it's referred to almost always, is aptly caoled that to differentiate when referring to the name of the island, county or state (Hawaii Island in Hawaii County in the state of Hawaiiin this instance) Honolulu excluded).#3. Hawaii is perpetually the fastest-growing state, growing in size with every lava flow & eruption that makes it past it's shoreline (or spews from the ocean's floor, just past the coastline. This almost always results in attaching to the Big Island above the sea level &/or below! #4.The Big Island also loses upwards of hundreds of acres, where chunks of the southern part of the island will break off & just drop to the bottom of the ocean, from earthquakes & volcanic pressure below the ground's surface, Over 300 acres had broke off, unbeknownst to the various HVO scientists. #5 While not among the largest land area states, the area of ocean Hawaii & it's hundreds of atolls, islands & still forming islands, makes Hawaii among those having the largest amount of ocean shoreline. #6 The Hawaiian state flag is the only state flag that includes the flag of another sovereign nation.

Dalhart, Texas is closer to six other state capitals than its own in Austin: Santa Fe, New Mexico: Denver, Colorado; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Oklahoma City Oklahoma; Topeka Kansas, and Lincoln Nebraska.

I was surprised you didn't mention Lloydminster in Canada, a city in both AB and SK, when you mentioned Texarkana! Unlike Texarkana which is technically a "twin city," though, Lloydminster is truly ONE CITY shared between the two provinces. Cool stuff! Love your vids (and, yes, excited when I get an alert every time a new one comes out), so thanks Geo King!

Thank you so much for including the metric system and degrees in your video!

I love your gecko on the wall!! That's awesome. Also you seem like the exact guy to have a Doobie Brothers record on the shelf lol. Thanks for the vids!

I-24 West of Chattanooga is not the only route that enters another state. I-86 in New York dips into Pennsylvania at Waverly NY/South Waverly, PA and I-684 crosses into Greenwich, CT just north of Westchester County Airport. Both sections of road are maintained by the New York State Thruway Authority.

Fun fact about Nevada and California: There's this hotel and it has a pool. Since the state border cuts the pool in half, you can wade in Nevada and California at the same time

Hi there I love geography and just came across your channel. Great episode. Made me think of when you drive south from Utah on I 15 to go to Vegas, you have to go through Arizona for a few miles. Thanks!!

Oh! Thus is a fun topic! Thanks for making!

My favorite 'genre' you do!

For Texarkana section: Texas has NO tax income, Arkansas DOES have income tax. You flipped it.

Love all this, thanks.

Once again, kind sir, thank you for an interesting video! I have been to Texarkana, and just for the record, that post office / court building has a different zip code for the eastern and western sides of the building.

One cool oddity in Washington state goes by the name of "Point Roberts". It's a peninsula in the northern side of the state which is connected to mainland Canada but it's still a part of Washington state. If you live in Point Roberts you would have to cross the Canada border just to get to the rest of Washington state.

I have another couple of oddities for you: 1. If you drive west from DFW, Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth) to L.A., California the half-way-point is El Paso, Texas. 2. If you’re driving west on Interstate 30, it ends at Interstate 20, which ends at Interstate 10...which all occurs in Texas.

Fun stuff! Thanks and keep it coming!

All your stuff is great 👍

"quirks and features" this guy watches doug

Here is a true west-coast oddity: In Southern California, just south of Santa Barbara, U.S. 101 runs right along the coast for several miles. This section of coastline turns due east-west. So, if one is driving this highway, early on a winter morning, the sun actually appears to be rising from the Pacific Ocean!

There is another interstate that goes through another state to travel between 2 points in another state. I-684 in New York goes through a small piece of Connecticut, but there are no exits in that portion. I actually use this route often when I travel from Mt. Kisco, NY to White Plains, NY

Love this. Very informative. The meandering Mississippi can be clearly seen flying north or south into Memphis. You can see where the river used to flow. An interesting fact is that the border between Quebec and Vermont is about one mile north of the 45th Parallel, and a fort was partly built at Rouses Point, New York. It was supposed to be a border fort, but was abandoned when it was discovered that the border was actually a mile north. It was a survey blunder. Same holds true for the town of Derby, Vermont/Quebec, which is split by the international border.

This is one of the best KZfaq channels. I majored in Physical Science and Math in college and took a lot of Earth Science courses, which I enjoyed immensely. Another oddity is that there is a part of Canada that is further south than the northern border of California.

I-86 in Southern New York dips into Pennsylvania near South Waverly, NY and Sayre, PA.

Glad you mentioned Carter Lake. I used to live across the River in Council Bluffs.

Great video! Watching from Chicago!

Great video! I was waiting to see if the time zone thing came up and was excited when it did. But! You stopped short at the tidbit I find most interesting. For one hour a year, when Central time leaps forward one hour in the spring, they have the same time as Mountain time and there are portions of an Atlantic and Pacific state with the same exact time!

You say "nerdy type perspective" like it's something bad!! I, for one, revel in the nerdy type perspective. Another great video, Your Majesty! It's good to be the King! Speaking of the little sliver of Maryland you referenced, to the best of my knowledge, aside from the Four Corners (i.e., Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico), the shortest distance one can travel and visit four separate States is up through Rte. 552, which in approximately 15 miles, one can drive from Virginia to West Virginia to Maryland to Pennsylvania.

I really like this channel!

In a large part of NC, the fastest way to the ocean is through SC even though NC has a coastline

👍🏼 Always fun! 😎 Favorite sports team: East Westchester North Stars, champions of the Southern Conference! 🤣😉✌🏼

The one with Maine and Morroco was the best. I live in Maine and the truck stuck in the ice is comedy gold. You should look into Estcourt Station Maine. Interesting stuff up there with the border.

Great job. Very interesting.

As a lifetime resident of Michigan, I can say definitively that we're not upset at all about losing the Toledo Strip. We gained the Upper Peninsula out of it. That's a win-win in my book.

You should look at Delmar, MD and Delmar, DE. It’s another scenario of a city or town being so big that it exists in two states simultaneously. Consequently, everyone on the Maryland side goes to Wicomico County schools, while everyone on the Delaware side goes to their schools. For those who want to be on Jeopardy, Delmar is 2/3 the name of the peninsula that the folks here live on: The Delmarva peninsula