Every year, tourists flock to take their picture at the southernmost point of the continental United States, marked by a giant buoy at the end of South St. in Key West, Florida. Similarly, tourists can visit the most northern point of the United States, located in the sleeping town of Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow, which sits well above the Arctic Circle.

And in Lubec, Maine, adventurous travelers can visit America's easternmost point at West Quoddy Headlight, which serves as the first part of the United States to see the rising sun. These geographical extremes attract tourists from all over; similarly, there is a point in North Dakota that marks the dead center of the world's third-largest continent.

While the nearest town to this geographic center is often debated, a more accurat

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