1 in Best States Overall Utah was dubbed "Deseret" by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who settled this remote western realm in the mid-1800s, fleeing religious ...

When Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861, the portion now known as West Virginia broke off to form its own state. Admitted to the Union in 1863, West Virginia was the only state created from ...

The best became legendary ... With the 1803 Louisiana Purchase from France, the United States’s size almost doubled. With so much unknown territory, the chance to become rich and adventure ...