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Capital: Cheyenne Largest City: Cheyenne Population: 576,000 Admitted: 1848 Our first time visiting Wyoming was in 2019. As we were headed to our hotel in North Dakota, I wanted another state crossed off the list. While there we stopped to see Devils Tower National Monument and had a stop for a souvenir key chain. Devils Tower is a well-known landmark as it was used in Steven Spielberg's 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. We did not get kidnapped by aliens while vi

Capital: Nassau Largest City: Nassau Population: 412,000 Currency: Bahamian Dollar Language: English 🇧🇸 The Bahamas is an island country not far off the coast of Florida. It has over 700 islands and cays. U.S. and Bahamian dollars are exchanged freely with a one-to-one exchange rate. Before the trip, I thought about going solo, but given the number of cruise ships that travel to The Bahamas, I figured I would be the only one there traveling by myself. Luckily, my husband a

Capital: Harrisburg Largest City: Philadelphia Population: 13 million Admitted: 1787 I have always been a fan of Pennsylvania. Coming from Michigan where mountains are rare, I have always enjoyed driving through the Appalachian Mountains. My first visit to Pennsylvania was in 2015 where we briefly visited Philadelphia. While there, we saw the Liberty Bell, though we were quite surprised by all the security. Philadelphia: The Eastern End of Pennsylvania Since that initial visi