Of course, cities like Lisbon or Buenos Aires are world-famous—but less known is where their names actually come from.

Most towns earn their names through careful planning, but some get stuck with something strange because of a joke, a mistake, ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – With hundreds of cities, small towns, villages, and unincorporated territories, New Mexico is home to plenty of places with unique names. The stories behind those names are often ...

In Delaware, you don’t need to travel far to find a place with a name that raises an eyebrow or piques curiosity. While some states boast straightforward town or city names like Springfield or ...

NIMROD, Minn. — There are a lot of quirky town names in Minnesota: Embarrass, Nowthen, Clontarff, Kiester. But the people of Nimrod believe their name stands out from the rest. "Either the city sign ...

Funny town names that have to do with food, like this Alabama town, are the coolest. There are a few legends about how Burnt Corn got its name. Some say settlers burned the Indians’ corn fields; ...

What’s in a name? Well, for a town, a lot—as it can shape first impressions, spark curiosity, and even tell a story about the place’s personality or the people who founded it. A town’s name often ...

Perhaps through a combination of sheer size and pioneer spirit, Texas, of all the states, seems to feature the highest concentration of truly absurd town names. About a year ago, I made a categorized ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Kansas is a big place. In terms of size, Kansas is 81,823 sq miles, larger than 37 other states, including most of its neighbors, with the exception of Colorado. Data from the ...

Tennessee is among the most difficult state names to spell. See where it ranks. This one's a doozy. Language website Preply recently named the most difficult city names to pronounce in each state.

Do y’all ever feel Alabama is misunderstood? Sometimes, when I read comments from out-of-staters, I just shake my head and wonder if they’ve ever even visited here – to which I say, if you haven’t ...