- New YorkNew York
- PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
- New JerseyNew Jersey
- VermontVermont
- Rhode IslandRhode Island
- New HampshireNew Hampshire
- MassachusettsMassachusetts
- MaineMaine
- ConnecticutConnecticut
- DelawareDelaware
- MontanaMontana
- IdahoIdaho
- HawaiiHawaii
- ColoradoColorado
- ArizonaArizona
- AlaskaAlaska
- WashingtonWashington
- OregonOregon
- WashingtonNevada
- UtahUtah
- CaliforniaCalifornia
- WyomingWyoming
- New MexicoNew Mexico
- TexasTexas
- OklahomaOklahoma
- ArkansasArkansas
- LouisianaLouisiana
- FloridaFlorida
- South CarolinaSouth Carolina
- GeorgiaGeorgia
- MarylandMaryland
- North CarolinaNorth Carolina
- South CarolinaSouth Carolina
- VirginiaVirginia
- District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia
- VirginiaVirginia
- West VirginiaWest Virginia
- AlabamaAlabama
- KentuckyKentucky
- MississippiMississippi
- TennesseeTennessee
- IllinoisIllinois
- IndianaIndiana
- IowaIowa
- KansasKansas
- WisconsinWisconsin
- MichiganMichigan
- MissouriMissouri
- NebraskaNebraska
- North DakotaNorth Dakota
- MinnesotaMinnesota
- South DakotaSouth Dakota
- OhioOhio
- HawaiiHawaii
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Beginners' guide to the US: North East
The North East is by far the smallest region in the US by area. However, when it comes to universities, the North East punches well above its weight. Home to Ivy league universities Harvard, Yale and MIT it boasts three of the top five universities in the 2010 QS World University Rankings, find out more here >
Beginners' guide to the US: South
New Orleans jazz and Mississippi Delta blues, freight trains and Baptist preachers, Billie Holiday and Elvis Presley, not to mention Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement – you can experience it all in the Southern States with their unique character and history, find out more here >
Beginner's guide to the US: Mid-West
The Mid-West stretches up from the US' most central state, Kansas, to border with Canada to the north, the great lakes to the north-east, and as far east as Ohio. Famous cities in the Mid-West include Chicago (home of Barack Obama), Detroit (home of Motown Records and Eminem) and Kansas City, find out more here >
Beginner's guide to the US: West
The US West is so vast it couldn't even fit onto the US mainland – parts of it had to be outsourced to freezing Alaska and the tropical islands of Hawaii. The contrast between these two annexes gives you a sense of the range of climates and cultures on offer in this sprawling region, find out more here >
