Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every state's nickname.

Atomic clocks are more accurate than those used to define the second, suggesting the definition might need to change ...

There is a game children play called “King of the Mountain.” The rules vary, but generally, kids race to the top of a mound and push or wrestle until only one child stands and is declared the king.

Over the past 25 years while working as a ski journalist, I’ve been fortunate enough to visit around 250 resorts. And my pick ...

A trio of weather systems have formed the ‘stormiest stretch of winter’ in the US this season, spanning coast to coast and ...

Wildlife managers, scientists and conservationists have a more complete ecological map of the American West with the release ...

SWAIN COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — UPDATE: Officials have confirmed the missing hiker, Ann Houghton, was found deceased in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Feb. 2. The Great Smoky Mountains ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has cheekily suggested calling the United States "Mexican America," pointing to a map from before one-third of her country was seized by the United States in 1848.

For us it is still the Gulf ... switch to Gulf of America, Google Maps will soon revert Mount Denali back to its former name, Mount McKinley. The Alaskan mountain's name has been the subject ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week requiring the federal government to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on official maps, a move that could take ...

These snow squalls could lead to hazardous travel conditions, it warned. A forecast map suggested the areas most likely to see snow squalls included New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Hampshire ...

A nearly 6,000-year-old forest is once again seeing daylight after millennia hidden under ice in the Rocky Mountains ... It tells us what this high-elevation environment was like 6,000 years ...