Have you ever wondered why we call the floors above the ground level stories? For as long as I can remember, I have taken this vernacular without question. Then, as I was preparing some paperwork for our crew, drawing up a floorplan for a multi-level house, I wrote down 2nd story for the second floor. My wife was nearby, and I said out loud as though she was already in my head, "Why do we call a floor a story?"