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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.

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

A 19th-century surveying mistake kept lumberjacks away from what is now Minnesota’s largest patch of old-growth trees.

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

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

The amazing life of “Gudrid the Far-Traveled” was unjustly overshadowed by her in-laws, Erik the Red and Leif Erikson.

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

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

A vertical map might better represent a world dominated by China and determined by shipping routes across the iceless Arctic.

Environmental activists want us to feel “flight shame” if we can take a train, instead. But this isn’t entirely realistic, even in Europe.

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

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

Scallop shells have accompanied pilgrims to and from Santiago de Compostela for centuries, for more than one reason

There are nearly 100 towns named “Troy.”

All American and European eels originate in the same place.

Its apples taste bad, but institutions all over the world want a descendant or clone of the tree, anyway.

The popular game has a backstory rife with segregation, inequality, intellectual theft, and outlandish political theories.

Thanks to genetics and improving nutrition, denizens of the Western Balkans have surpassed the Dutch in height.

Total annihilation is a permanent threat.

On New Year’s Eve 1899, the captain of this Pacific steamliner sailed into history. Or did he?

Break into London Zoo? Illegal, but it would improve the London Circle Walk

Humanity is poised to pass the 8 billion milestone mid-November, but population growth is actually slowing down.

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

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.

Chemical changes inside Mars’ core caused it to lose its magnetic field. This, in turn, caused it to lose its oceans. But how?

It’s nearly 20,000 miles long.

This graph shows how badly German cities were hit by Allied bombing raids.

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.