Texas

Texas is the only state large enough to be legally divided into five new states—and the only state that would need to. It isn’t just size that makes Texas special, it is its incredible diversity. Here, America collides with Mexico to create what seems to be a whole new culture. But many more cultures than those two have influenced—and continue to influence—Texas. Africans, Scandinavians, Vietnamese, Czechs, Filipinos, Lithuanians, Japanese, Lebanese, Peruvians, Germans, Canary Islanders, native peoples, and many others have made their presence felt so strongly in the state that an immense Institute of Texan Cultures had to be established in San Antonio just to pay... + full overview