Prov­ing that even test­ing your knowl­edge of the place­ment of U.S. states can be a fun game, Mary­laine Block’s Neat New Stuff points us to Stateris-USA. I fin­ished in 11 min­utes on medium, mainly because I wasn’t sure which way to turn Rhode Island. You can also test your knowl­ege of Africa, Europe, France, the Nether­lands, and the UK.

There are some fun links in the left­hand nav­i­ga­tion, too, that cre­ate maps with a mes­sage of your choos­ing using smoke sig­nals, crop cir­cles, and the “Hol­ly­wood” sign.