I’ve driven the length of Route 250 in Virginia, and often noted its frequent intersections with the meandering Three Chopt Road. Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall and Main Street used to be that road. As a kid I learned—who knows where?—that it used to be an American Indian footpath, built up over the years. So I was …
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Attu Island, Alaska.
The easternmost inhabited point in the United States is Attu Island Alaska, an 500-square-mile island so far west of the mainland that it actually sits 14 minutes west of the international date line 180°, placing it in the eastern hemisphere. It’s also the location of the Battle of Attu, the only land battle on U.S. …