State Flags, Ranked

Some U.S. state flags deserve to flap freely in the breeze for years to come. Others should be burned immediately.

The pageantry around state pride is somehow both endlessly fascinating and completely stupid. We use seals, mottos, gems, trees, birds, and so much more as markers of regional identity, and while they're functional, I guess, most of us almost never think about them at all. Take state flags. I, like you (I assume), almost never think about state flags, b…