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Parvati Nandan Ganpati Temple

This 17th-century temple gave the area of Ganeshkhind its name.

Glen Rock, New Jersey

Glen Rock

The 570-ton boulder that gave a New Jersey town its name.

Show Low, Arizona

Show Low Card Game Monument

A monument commemorating how a frontier town got its unusual name.

Manchester, England

The Haçienda Apartments

This building's name and a plaque are all that's left of what was probably the most important nightclub of the Madchester music scene.

Villa Hayes, Paraguay

Museo Municipal de Villa Hayes

How did 19th U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes become so beloved in Paraguay?

Palo Alto, California

El Palo Alto

This redwood is a historic landmark, a town’s namesake, and the dancing sideline symbol of Stanford University.

Anna's hummingbird is one of 152 North American bird species that will have a different common name in the coming years.

ornithology collections

North American Birds Will No Longer Be Named After People

Renaming birds isn’t new, but this official change could be the start of something larger.

Roxanne Hoorn November 9, 2023

Lansdowne, Ontario

1000 Islands Tower

This observation tower is a longstanding, 1960s landmark in the Thousand Islands region of Canada.

Kansas City, Missouri

Goin’ To Kansas City Plaza

This classic Kansas City song reference is the place for anyone who wants to stand at the corner of 12th Street and Vine.

Kielce Boar Monument

A large boar commemorates the city's founding and the origin of its name.

small worlds and model towns

Podcast: It’s Getting Hot in Here

A history of Michigan's own personal Hell.

The Podcast Team August 29, 2023

Lincoln, Illinois

Lincoln Watermelon Monument

This colorful monument commemorates a little-known story from the life of Abraham Lincoln.

Danbury, Connecticut

John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant

After the comedian dissed a Connecticut town on his show, they named a sewage treatment plant after him.

A supermoon over the Rocky Mountains. Two supermoons—a full moon at the orb's closest point to Earth—will occur in August 2023.

8 Amazing Tales of Our Eternal Fascination With the Moon

Inside the race to map, explore, own, and even spend eternity on the lunar surface.

April White July 28, 2023

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Bench of Irony

While seemingly a cruel joke, this bench actually honors an esteemed member of the community who passed away in 2006.

Moffat, Scotland

Devil's Beef Tub

Where the Border Reivers of the Johnstone clan used to hide their stolen cattle.

In Asbury Park, New Jersey, summer visitors are known as "bennies." On the southern Jersey shore, the same visitors are "shoobies."

Are You a Shoobie or a Benny?

When summer visitors arrive, so do the colorful and sometimes perplexing local nicknames.

Laura Kiniry May 26, 2023

Pink Lake in autumn

Gatineau, Québec

Pink Lake

Despite the name, the waters of this Canadian lake are actually blue-green in color.