My son recently became interested in learning more about the U.S. and since I stink at geography, this map is great for him!  It gives him fun facts about each state and he loves looking at the little characters and matching them up to the legend at the bottom of the map.  He also is learning about the order in which the states were added to the U.S., the nicknames of the states, and lots of other information.  He is already FAR better at U.S. geography than I am (though that's not saying much!)