Whenever I hear “greenest state,” my mind goes straight to postcard beauty. Big forests. Snowy peaks. Empty roads. Clean-looking places.But when I sat down with the 2026 data, I realized I was asking the wrong question. Beauty matters, sure. Still, what I really wanted...

There is a specific kind of magic that hits you the moment you step out onto the cobblestones of Shop Street in Galway. The salty wind whips off Galway Bay, the sound of a lone fiddle drifts out of a brightly painted pub, and...