illionois Visit the Chicago Sh*t Fountain Popkin

North America The Wave Organ is an ocean-powered instrument in San Francisco Popkin

attractions The Peephole Cinema is a literal hole in the wall that plays silent movies in San Francisco Popkin

North America This artist attached toy ponies to Portland horse rings Popkin

United States This fun free app lets you check off the states you've visited Mark Frauenfelder

State birds "The State Birds are Garbage" Rusty Blazenhoff

annie Bear cub attempts to enter the U.S. without proper documentation Kevin Reome

citizenship More Americans than ever are giving up their US citizenship Mark Frauenfelder

aerial america 'Aerial America' series is now on YouTube Andrea James

Drew Gardner Sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson re-creates his presidential portrait Rusty Blazenhoff

place names What to call residents of each US state David Pescovitz

Iran sanctions Huawei board member arrested in Canada for Iran sanctions violation Séamus Bellamy

song map A cool retro map of USA song titles Rusty Blazenhoff

2018 elections Voter registration deadlines for every state Séamus Bellamy

cross border shopping No, you can't buy legal weed in Canada and bring it back to the 'States Séamus Bellamy

Slow slide into fascism Right-wing Brazilian presidential candidate picks dictatorship-loving general as a running mate Séamus Bellamy

near-east Palestinian refugees feel sting of U.S. funding cuts to United Nations program Séamus Bellamy

indignity Alabama is home to the worst poverty in the developed world Séamus Bellamy

United States America's transgender military ban to be phased out Andrea James

geopolitics US Navy: By 2050 Arctic Ocean ice will all melt in summers Andrea James