Forget about your run-of-the-mill geographical guides; these maps are here to tickle your funny bone and perhaps even challenge your perception of the good old US of A. Ready to take on the USA ...

Every town is known for something, and for some it is their unique name. There’s probably a perfectly good reason to name a town Smut Eye or Ding Dong. Unfortunately it’s not always evident to those ...

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 ...

The more people looked up a name, the more likely it was to be a source of confusion. You can view their findings in the map below: Obviously, not everyone will take it upon themselves to learn ...

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 ...

KP.3.1.1 is still the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States as it accounts for nearly 60% of positive cases, but the ...

Farther south, four tributaries—Bayou Fatma, Bayou Couvent (“Convent,” so named because it drained lands owned by the ...

Florida has a calm few tropical days ahead and cooler weather but a system in the Atlantic could develop by the end of the ...

The Church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we’ve aimed “to injure no man, but to bless all mankind,” as our founder, Mary Baker ...

Hurricane Helene now ranks among the deadliest storms to hit the U.S. in modern history, with nearly 160 deaths now confirmed ...

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

Tropical Storm Kirk formed in the Atlantic Monday. Another disturbances in the Atlantic. Gulf Coast residents should monitor ...