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

One possible vision of the distant future.

All roads may not lead to Rome, but many of them lead to wealth and prosperity — even 1,500 years after the fall of the Roman Empire.

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

These ten maps provide a fascinating insight into the impact that soccer (sorry, football) has had worldwide.

If you want to sleep more, try working less, eating better, and exercising more. Alternatively, you could emigrate to Albania.

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.

X marks the spot. The Dutch town of Ommeren has been swamped by detectorists armed with shovels looking for $20-million treasure.

True north, magnetic north, and grid north have aligned. There's also a connection to James Bond.

"When you see me, weep." When rivers dry up in Central Europe, "hunger stones" with ominous inscribed warnings from centuries past reappear.

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.

You might think it's impossible to run out of wind, but Europe's "wind drought" proves otherwise. And it's only going to get worse.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Guess which country has 269% inflation.

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

For the first time in nearly 1500 years, fewer than half the people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian.

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

When the great American tradition of the road trip meets the great Jewish tradition of the deli, we get the Great American Deli Schlep.

If you want to escape the negativity, head to Kazakhstan.

Ancient bones reveal that domesticated felines were at home in Pre-Neolithic Poland around 8,000 years ago.

Is the dumpster in the alley worthy of a poem?

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