The history of the United States is such, though, that many of its towns and cities have simply been given names honoring ...

The folks at WordTips compiled an interesting set of data that plots the literal meaning of US state and city names on maps ...

They've created an Atlas Of True Names that deconstructs all the ordinary ... Hormes and Peust caution that readers should accept their map "just as an invitation to the world as a strange ...

One explorer wrote the name Kansas on a map and after that ... These are other states that were almost a part of the United States. Texas comes from the word teysha meaning “hello friend ...

California is home to a number of infamous serial killer cases, including the Zodiac Killer, the Golden State Killer and Richard Ramirez. Texas, has a total of eight recorded serial killers, including ...

As for the girls, America’s current most popular girls’ name, Olivia ... boys’ name in 28 states, followed by William and Michael. As for the girls’ map, Emily and Madison topped the ...

A new study has revealed the most popular beers in each state, and while some household names top the charts, the analysis ...

Republicans saw this year's Senate map as a seemingly once-in-a-decade opportunity, but the chamber is tightening to Montana ...

New research uses extreme heat, drought, inland and coastal flooding and wildfires to rank the safety of US states.

A newly released database of public records on nearly 16,000 U.S. properties traced to companies owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shows at least $15.8 billion in ...

Mount Adams, the long-dormant volcano in Southwest Washington, recently experienced some unusual seismic activity.

The Penn State defense has been dominant once again this season, but will now face one of the 10 best offenses in the country ...