While these changes are largely symbolic, they’ve prompted mapmakers and educators to reconsider established labels. Florida ...

Harrisburg renamed its Market Street to Martin Luther King Boulevard and then switched back to Market Street several years ...

What’s in a name change, after all? The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers whether it’s called the Gulf of Mexico, as it ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek began his continent-spanning walk in Ethiopia in January 2013. Since then, his Out ...