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A dispute marked by flags and booze has been replaced with an official land border.
If you find yourself on one of these roads, it might be a while before you see another fellow traveler.
Some Europeans really don't want to use the internet.
If you want to escape the negativity, head to Kazakhstan.
This map samples some of the digits that make up the DDC system, invented by the brilliant but flawed Melvil Dewey.
Fantasy, meet statistics: The census comes to Middle-earth!
Where the prime meridian meets the equator, a non-existent island captures our imagination — and our non-geocoded data.
In a remarkably similar way, conspiracy theories around the world cast doubt on the existence of real places.
Get ready for the most peculiar road trip that will help you understand the vastness and emptiness of the solar system — and Sweden.
To clear Scotland’s roads in winter, the local traffic agency employs heavy machinery with punny names. Can you grit and bear it?
This graph shows how badly German cities were hit by Allied bombing raids.
In 1903, a Vermont doctor bet $50 that he could cross America by car. It took him 63 days, $8,000, and 600 gallons of gas.
Is the vast "Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area" the final resting place of Genghis Khan?
It's nearly 20,000 miles long.
There are nearly 100 towns named "Troy."
OmnesViae is a modern route planner based on the roads of the Roman Empire.
Total annihilation is a permanent threat.
All American and European eels originate in the same place.
In 100 years, perhaps this map showing humanity clustering around the equator will seem “so 21st century.”
Urinating in the direction of NATO’s staunchest opponent could cost you $350 or more. For world peace, aim wisely.
Thanks to genetics and improving nutrition, denizens of the Western Balkans have surpassed the Dutch in height.
Meet the world's largest landowners.
Break into London Zoo? Illegal, but it would improve the London Circle Walk
Scallop shells have accompanied pilgrims to and from Santiago de Compostela for centuries, for more than one reason
On New Year's Eve 1899, the captain of this Pacific steamliner sailed into history. Or did he?
Here's why mega-eruptions like the ones that covered North America in ash are the least of your worries.
We have a morbid curiosity about nautical disaster stories. The Irish "Wreck Viewer" offers a window into centuries of marine misfortune.
This world map shows how the rest of the world LOLs. In France, you MDR; in China, you 23333.
The amazing life of “Gudrid the Far-Traveled” was unjustly overshadowed by her in-laws, Erik the Red and Leif Erikson.