Land of vegetation The first in our list of state name origins, Alabama is named after the river that European explorers ...

An analysis by language learning website Preply found that Connecticut was the third hardest state name for Americans to spell correctly. It was also the sixth hardest state name to pronounce. The ...

Think you know your U.S. state name trivia? Sure, you might be able to name which letter of the alphabet doesn’t appear in any state name. But that’s not the only quirky fact hiding in plain sight ...

Ohio State is taking on Indiana in the Big Ten championship game. We know what a Buckeye is. So what's a Hoosier? Here's an ...