States I've Visited

States I've visited.

Not too bad. By visited I pretty much mean "Have spent enough time in to be able to tell you some sort of story and spent at least one night" and not just "was there once for a layover," with the exception of Oklahoma, which I drove through once with Tootle. Driving the length of Oklahoma seems worthy of an exemption.

A New Way Of Looking at The US Economy in the World

The map exchanges states for the country with the GDP that most closely matches it. For more explanation see here. This comes from a great blog called Strange Maps. Hat tip to Andrew Sullivan.