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Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon.

Some of the most well-known cities in the world have gone through at least one name change.

Vienna, Austria, is the best place to live.

This year’s most liveable cities can be found in Europe and Canada, as well as one in Australia and one in Japan.

St. Augustine's Flagler College—originally the Ponce de León Hotel, constructed in 1888.

The oldest city in the U.S. predates Jamestown by more than 40 years.

If you’re looking to buy a home, almost all of the most affordable cities in the U.S. are in the Rust Belt.

An aerial shot of downtown Phoenix, Arizona.

If you’re looking for a change of scenery, don’t underestimate the importance of sunlight.

Sunset on Venice's Grand Canal is tough to beat.

If the Golden Ratio is your metric, the most beautiful city in the world is in Italy.

The most populous city on Earth has more residents than the entire state of Texas or the whole continent of Australia.

The horse rings in Portland, Oregon, have a new use.

You can still find reminders of the days when horse-drawn transportation reigned.

If you want to slash your chances of getting murdered or robbed, head to Naples, Florida.

The fastest-growing city in the U.S. is Georgetown, Texas. It’s not the Lone Star State’s only entry on the list.

From Rio De Janeiro to Chicago, foreigners struggle with these hard-to-pronounce city names.

Big Spring International Park in Huntsville, Alabama.

Huntsville, Alabama, has more to offer than a very important NASA space flight center.

Luxembourg Palace and Gardens in Paris, France.

From Central Park to Luxembourg Gardens, these are the most-Instagrammed parks in cities around the world.

See if you can find the Tower of London, Big Ben, and more famous London landmarks hiding in this puzzle.

Scoring high marks in income, health, and environment, these are the U.S. cities to move to if you want a better chance at happiness.

‘Kyiv’ is not a new name for the capital of Ukraine—and the Kyiv-or-Kiev discussion isn’t new, either.

Dating can get easier depending on where you live.

If you're single and ready to mingle, you're better off doing it in Seattle than in Glendale. Here's why.

A Currier & Ives lithograph depicts people fleeing across the Randolph Street Bridge during the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

On October 8, 1871, Chicago was transformed into a hellish inferno by the Great Chicago Fire. By the time a sudden rain helped extinguish the flames, 300 people were dead, and 100,000 more were homeless. And no: It was not because of Mrs. O'Leary's cow.