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For better and worse, the Columbian Exchange plugged the Americas into the global system — and there was no going back.

The Foo Fighters are at the dead center of the map, so all the other bands are happier, sadder, angrier, or hornier.

Can you guess who it is?

Thanks to protocols established centuries ago in Europe, world leaders no longer need to worry about having their heads bashed with an axe.

The history of cartography might have been very different if the Latin version of Muhammad al-Idrisi’s atlas had survived instead of the Arabic one.

Research suggests there’s truth to regional stereotypes in the U.S. — with some caveats.

Quelle horreur! Paris isn’t just a 15-minute city; it’s a five-minute city.

If we’re going to discuss oceanography and climate change, we should at least identify the currents correctly.

Two populations that are geographically separated today once mated a very long time ago.

Germans are masters of building cars, cooking brats — and sitting while peeing.

The Black, Caspian, and Aral Seas are the last surviving fragments of a body of water that stretched from Austria to Turkmenistan.

Dig a 70-mile tunnel under the Bering Strait, and you get this amazing InterContinental Railway, which will reshape the world.

To this day, one cult believes that Lemuria was real, and that its people left us the sacred wisdom to revive their advanced civilization.

Parking lots are about one-fifth of all land in U.S. city centers, making them “easy to get to, but not worth arriving at.”

If you find yourself on one of these roads, it might be a while before you see another fellow traveler.

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

Like Mars today, Venus used to be a sci-fi superstar. Recent discoveries could re-ignite our interest in Earth’s “evil twin.”

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.

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.

Almost 18,000 projects, brought together on one clickable map.

Here’s what Europe would have looked like if the Confederation of the Danube had been established after WWII.

How to say “I love you” in Basque, the “most loving” cities around the world, and where most of America’s singles live — and so much more!

In 1934, American Communists translated a Stalinist book about revolution into a children’s game. Curiously, it didn’t catch on.

Worldwide, 15% of children are born out of wedlock, but the figure varies from less than 1% in places like China to 69% in Iceland.

One possible vision of the distant future.

Is the vast “Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area” the final resting place of Genghis Khan?

Get ready for the most peculiar road trip that will help you understand the vastness and emptiness of the solar system — and Sweden.

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.

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