50 STATES Bringing America to your fingertips， Fandex presents a field guide to the 50 states plus the District of Columbia. Which is the only state with a tropical rain forest? Which state sparked the civil rights movement? Which two states entered the Union on the same day， and which was bought from a single family for the bargain price of $6，000? Illustrated with full-color， custom-designed maps and featuring nicknames， capitals， mottoes， emblems， anecdotes and natural treasures， it's a rich mosaic of the United States.