2010 - 2012 TV-PG 1h 00m 8.2

Host Brian Unger travels the United States explaining the weird shapes on the map.

Follows correspondent Brian Unger as he criss-crosses the country reporting on the tales behind the boundaries. Think: Why does Montana look like it took a bite out of Idaho? Or how are flying fish threatening to re-draw the lines of Illinois?

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Episodes:

Episode 3 Force of Nature

3. Force of Nature

Aired: May 17, 2011

How massive geological events helped create the American map. Long before the...

Episode 4 State of Rebellion

4. State of Rebellion

Aired: May 24, 2011

How did the most rebellious states took shape? How did they earn their outsiz...

Episode 5 Living on the Edge

5. Living on the Edge

Aired: Jun 7, 2011

What secrets are hiding in our map? What's behind the "blank spots" like Area...

Episode 6 Use It or Lose It

6. Use It or Lose It

Aired: Jun 14, 2011

If you thought our borders were set in stone, you'd be wrong. Who stole a cor...

Episode 7 Church and States

7. Church and States

Aired: Jun 21, 2011

Ever since the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower, what we believe and how we bel...

Episode 8 Boom with a View

8. Boom with a View

Aired: Jun 28, 2011

Did money make our map? Through boom and through bust, the sweet smell of pro...

Episode 9 Culture Clash

9. Culture Clash

Aired: Jul 5, 2011

Will rivalries within our states break them into pieces? Cultures compete aga...

Episode 10 Mouthing Off

10. Mouthing Off

Aired: Jul 12, 2011

We all live in the same country, so why do we sound do different? It's a matt...

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Current Status: Canceled

Network: History

Genres: Adventure, Documentary, History