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Maps

The site of the American camp, as a farm in the 19th century.

In 1859, the United States and Britain Almost Went to War Over a Pig

Hundreds of soldiers and sailors faced off over one tiny island in the Pacific Northwest.

Sarah Laskow September 13, 2017

Urban Planning Institute, architect Branislav Jovin, 1970.

Belgrade’s Modernist Masterpieces

A city's distinctive architectural heritage.

Anika Burgess September 12, 2017

Gali marked settlements with little houses and reefs with dots.

Why Modern Cartographers Are So Impressed With This 16th-Century Map

A mariner's take on a town in "New Spain" was notably accurate for its time.

Sarah Laskow September 11, 2017

Poledník lookout tower.

Prášily, Czechia

Poledník Lookout Tower

A Cold War secret surveillance tower used to spy on radio communications.

Eastern coast of guatemala, showing what was ehne British honduras (Now Belize).

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Mapa en Relieve

An impressive century-old, to-scale topographical map of Guatemala.

George Gauld's 1774 chart of the Keys (left), and a modern-day coral habitat map (right).

The Coral Reef Loss Data Hidden in Old Navigational Charts

In the Florida Keys, researchers have found an important new way to estimate what's been lost.

Cara Giaimo September 6, 2017

Caniapiscau Reservoir, Quebec.

What Do You Call 101 Hidden Islands in Quebec?

Literature-inspired naming of land in the remote Caniapiscau Reservoir has caused controversy.

Kyle Carsten Wyatt August 28, 2017

The model railroad.

Jonesport, Maine

Maine Central Model Railroad

An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.

A screenshot of the tree canopy map.

A Very Detailed, Interactive Map of Chicago’s Tree Canopy

It reveals some startling patterns.

Delaney Nolan August 14, 2017

An airplane drawn over the fly-over states.

A Boeing Test Flight Drew an Airplane in the Sky

Airplanes drawing airplanes.

Eric Grundhauser August 4, 2017

Sasha Trubetskoy's subway-style map of Roman roads.

A Very Modern Map of Britain's Ancient Roman Roads

Let's take the VII from Londinium to Letocetum.

Sarah Laskow July 31, 2017

Mitad del Mundo, equator line monument at San Antonio de Pichincha.

11 Geographic Markers That Are Totally Inaccurate

These cartographic frauds are proof that mapping the globe is no simple task.

Kavya Ram Mohan July 25, 2017

The dark blue area is the Diamantina Trench southwest of Perth. It is up to 26,401 feet deep.

Explore the Seafloor With Data Collected During the Search for MH370

The Australian government has released the results of a survey of the bottom of the Indian Ocean.

Kelsey Kennedy July 21, 2017

Island Park, Idaho

Yellowstone's Zone of Death

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

Michelangelo Caetani's cross-section of Hell, 1855.

Mapping Dante's Inferno, One Circle of Hell at a Time

A topography of torment.

Anika Burgess July 13, 2017

Emperor Norton, during his reign.

A New Map Tracks the Life of San Francisco's Emperor Norton

Walking tour, anyone?

Sarah Laskow July 10, 2017

A balloon photo of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, string clearly visible at left.

Bringing Aerial Photography to the Masses—One Squid Kite at a Time

Public Lab's DIY tools help communities keep tabs on the environment.

Cara Giaimo July 7, 2017

Leibold's hand-drawn map for the Choose Your Own Adventure story <em>Grand Canyon Odyssey</em>.

These Hand-Drawn Maps Helped Create 'Choose Your Own Adventure' Books

Author Jay Leibold shares the branching maps he created while writing his first CYOA stories.

Sarah Laskow July 5, 2017