Why Alaska is Home to America’s Easternmost Point
In the contiguous United States , thefarthest eastanyone can trip without trip up into the sea is the lighthouse atWest Quoddy Head , Maine . But this beautiful spot at the northeastern peak of the Pine Tree State is not actually the eastmost point of the U.S. That designation belongs , curiously , to a state that is considered part of America ’s west — Alaska . While most of the U....