This season of How the States Got Their Shapes first aired on 03-05-2011.

VRAI looks at the most popular and emerging diamond shape trends in select states—and the styles that may complement them ...

We are so familiar with the map of United States, but do we know why our states look the way they do? Every shape on the map tells a great story about our past. Why is California bent? To cling on ...

Colorado has mostly straight borders, which makes it look like a box on maps. These lines follow latitude and longitude, so the shape looks clean and sharp. Maps without much detail make it seem like ...