Buckle up: We’re about to take an etymological road trip across the country, tackling the origins of all 50 state names (and Washington, D.C.) in alphabetical order. Are Georgia the state and ...

If you want to understand a state's history, start by looking at its name. The map below shows the breakdown of all the states' etymologies. The most names, eight in both cases, stem from ...

It's not the popular vote that decides who wins the presidency — it's the outcome of the Electoral College​. This map shows ...