In 100 years, perhaps this map showing humanity clustering around the equator will seem “so 21st century.”

Where the prime meridian meets the equator, a non-existent island captures our imagination — and our non-geocoded data.

Wyoming's roads are nine times deadlier than Ireland's. California's road safety is on par with Romania's.

Sweet, bitter, salty, sour. These are the four basic tastes we were taught in grade school. But there is a fifth: umami. And it's everywhere.

The world’s great whales aren’t just vulnerable where they congregate, but everywhere they roam.

We have a morbid curiosity about nautical disaster stories. The Irish "Wreck Viewer" offers a window into centuries of marine misfortune.

A basement renovation project led to the archaeological discovery of a lifetime: the Derinkuyu Underground City, which housed 20,000 people.

Minnesota earned its 'blue mark' in the 1975 Morris earthquake, which had its epicenter in the western part of the state.

Trump's Middle East peace plan contains the first map of a Palestinian state that 'Israel can live with'.

The Bolsheviks may have created Ukraine’s current borders, but that doesn’t mean dismantling them is good for today’s Russia.

OmnesViae is a modern route planner based on the roads of the Roman Empire.

One hundred years ago, a Ukrainian flag flew over Vladivostok and other parts of the “Russian” Far East.

Cold War meets Star Wars in this cut-away of a 1950 “rubber bubble,” the first line of defense against nuclear sneak attack.

A dispute marked by flags and booze has been replaced with an official land border.

The World Air Quality Index shows how clean your city’s air is, in real time.

To clear Scotland’s roads in winter, the local traffic agency employs heavy machinery with punny names. Can you grit and bear it?

Urinating in the direction of NATO’s staunchest opponent could cost you $350 or more. For world peace, aim wisely.

This might help you make it to the end of Herman Melville’s 19th century classic.

A new bridge joins a divided Croatia, but it cuts Bosnia out of Europe — literally and figuratively. A bridge meant to unite also divides.

Two mounds of rice and a tiny flag in a sea of curry is enough to re-heat an old territorial conflict.

Using the Book of Mormon as a sacred but ambiguous atlas, the Latter-day Saints have been looking for the lost city of Zarahemla for decades.

Average waiting time for hitchhikers in Ireland: Less than 30 minutes. In southern Spain: More than 90 minutes.

Starting just about now, leaves start changing color from north to south, high to low, light to dark.

Opponents of America's entry into the looming Second World War believed the U.S. would be dismembered.

France is split in two by its very own "desert," the Empty Diagonal. The area’s depopulation is fairly recent, and Paris is to blame.

The 2021 Quality of Government Index shows how much trust the citizens of Europe place in each other and in their elected politicians.

Despite itself, this collection of awful cartography may just make a few useful observations.

This representation of the Bamum kingdom is a rare example of early 20th-century indigenous African cartography.

EV charging stations are the most widespread alternative to gas and diesel pumps. Each alternative has its own hotspots and "deserts."

This world map shows how the rest of the world LOLs. In France, you MDR; in China, you 23333.