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Galveston, GAL vih stuhn, Texas (pop. 57,247), is a seaport on the Gulf of Mexico. The city lies on Galveston Island, about 2 miles (3 kilometers) off the Texas mainland. Two bridges, a rail line, and a ferry link Galveston Island and the mainland. Galveston is part of the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land metropolitan area. More »

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Boise, BOY zee or BOY see (pop. 185,787; met. area pop. 464,840), is the capital and largest city of Idaho. It lies in the southwestern part of the… More>>

Astoria, a STOHR ee uh (pop. 9,813), is a historic seaport at the mouth of the Columbia River in the northwest corner of Oregon. It is the seat of… More>>

Lexington (pop. 260,512; met. area pop. 408,326), Kentucky, is one of the chief trading centers for tobacco in the United States and an important… More>>

CONNECTICUT

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> Stamford
> New London
> Waterbury
> New Haven
> Hartford

DELAWARE

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> Wilmington
> Newark

FLORIDA

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> Fort Lauderdale
> Tallahassee
> Daytona Beach
> Miami
> Saint Augustine

GEORGIA

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> Macon
> Savannah
> Columbus

HAWAII

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> Honolulu
> Hilo

IDAHO

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> Idaho Falls
> Boise
> Sun Valley
> Pocatello

ILLINOIS

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> Chicago
> Peoria
> Decatur
> Nauvoo
> Rockford

INDIANA

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> Santa Claus
> Gary
> South Bend
> Indianapolis
> Fort Wayne

IOWA

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> Des Moines
> Sioux City
> Amana Colonies
> Cedar Rapids
> Dubuque

KANSAS

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> Topeka
> Dodge City
> Kansas City
> Abilene
> Wichita

ALABAMA

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> Montgomery
> Huntsville

KENTUCKY

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> Louisville
> Covington
> Owensboro
> Frankfort
> Lexington

LOUISIANA

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> Shreveport
> Baton Rouge
> Lake Charles
> New Orleans

MAINE

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> Bangor
> Augusta
> Lewiston

MANITOBA

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> Thompson
> Portage la Prairie
> Winnipeg
> Brandon

MARYLAND

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> Annapolis

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> Fall River
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> Boston
> Springfield
> Gloucester

MEXICO

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> Netzahualcoyotl
> Veracruz
> San Luis Potosi
> Monterrey
> Oaxaca

MICHIGAN

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> Grand Rapids
> Battle Creek
> Dearborn
> Ann Arbor
> Holland

MINNESOTA

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> Saint Paul
> Saint Cloud
> Northfield
> Hibbing
> Duluth

MISSISSIPPI

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> Natchez
> Biloxi
> Jackson
> Vicksburg

ALASKA

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> Nome
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> Sitka
> Ketchikan

MISSOURI

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> Independence
> Branson
> Jefferson City
> Saint Louis
> Saint Joseph

MONTANA

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> Helena
> Great Falls
> Billings
> Butte
> Missoula

NEBRASKA

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> Lincoln
> Omaha
> North Platte

NEVADA

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> Las Vegas
> Goldfield
> Virginia City
> Reno
> Carson City

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> Fredericton
> Saint John
> Saint Andrews

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> Nashua
> Manchester

NEW JERSEY

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> Atlantic City
> Elizabeth
> Camden
> Trenton
> Princeton

NEW MEXICO

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> Las Cruces
> Albuquerque
> Taos
> Roswell

NEW YORK

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> Rochester
> Schenectady
> Queens
> Staten Island
> Rome

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> Corner Brook
> St. John's
> Placentia

ALBERTA

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> Edmonton
> Medicine Hat
> Banff
> Calgary
> Lethbridge

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> Asheville
> Winston-Salem
> Charlotte
> Greensboro
> Raleigh

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> Bismarck
> Fargo

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

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> Inuvik
> Yellowknife

NOVA SCOTIA

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> Halifax
> Louisbourg
> Grand Pre
> Pictou
> Dartmouth

OHIO

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> Cleveland
> Canton
> Dayton
> Cincinnati
> Youngstown

OKLAHOMA

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> Oklahoma City
> Enid
> Tulsa

ONTARIO

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> Thunder Bay
> London
> Greater Sudbury
> Oshawa
> Mississauga

OREGON

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> Portland
> Astoria
> Salem
> Eugene

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> Erie
> Pittsburgh
> Valley Forge
> Gettysburg
> Philadelphia

ARIZONA

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> Tombstone
> Scottsdale
> Tucson
> Yuma
> Flagstaff

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

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> Borden-Carleton
> Charlottetown

QUEBEC

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> Sherbrooke
> Laval
> Gatineau

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> Warwick
> Providence
> Pawtucket

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> Prince Albert
> Saskatoon
> Regina
> Moose Jaw

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> Pierre
> Lead
> Deadwood
> Rapid City
> Sioux Falls

TENNESSEE

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> Chattanooga
> Knoxville
> Memphis