Alaska is simultaneously the northernmost, westernmost, AND easternmost US state
Alaska's Aleutian Islands extend so far west that they cross the 180° meridian into the Eastern Hemisphere — making Alaska technically the easternmost state in the United States, as well as the northernmost and westernmost. The easternmost point of the US is not Maine, as most assume, but Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska. This is purely a function of geography and the arbitrary placement of the International Date Line, but it's completely accurate.
Most people confidently place Maine as the easternmost state. The geographic reality that Alaska wraps around the planet far enough to claim three of four directional extremes simultaneously makes the concept of 'east' and 'west' feel usefully arbitrary.
“Alaska is the northernmost, westernmost, AND easternmost US state. Its Aleutian Islands cross the 180° meridian into the Eastern Hemisphere. Maine is not the easternmost state. 🗺️ #OddlyHuman”