What is the most culturally unique of the lower 48 states?

[Kevin]

Cop out would be they are all unique in their own way. More detailed imo would be any of the southern states, hence the quip “America’s attic.”

However narrow it down I’d have to say Louisiana for obvious reasons.

Followed by North Carolina which has not only traditional white Protestant and black populations but one of the largest Native American numbers of any state in the country. While the more urban areas like the research triangle etc have more recent immigrant groups like Indians, Arabs, Africans etc. NC also has fast growing and very diverse Hispanic populations. Along with what I read (somewhere) the largest mixed race/cultural groups in the country.

In some isolated communities along the state’s coastal area it’s still certainly possible to find people who speak in an English accent in the old Elizabethan form. Or the descendants of former slaves who still somehow have retained a West African influenced form of English.