Maps

Pax Google

How your friendly neighborhood search engine took over the world

This Riveting 1830s Temperance Map Warned Against the Dangers of “Beer Lake”

The Story Behind the Ancient Map That Invented Red and Blue States

The country was just as polarized 125 years ago—except the colors were upside down

MAP: The Places in the World Where Most U.S. Asylum Recipients Come From

It you thought it was Central America, you were way off

San Francisco Mapped Every Brothel, Opium Den, and Gambling Parlor During a Moral Panic in the 1880s

The ugly motive behind a beautiful diagram of old Chinatown

A Guide to Scott Walker's Hyperpolarized Home Base

Homicide Inequality in Chicago—In Maps

Murders have plummeted overall, but much of the city has seen only modest declines or stagnation

This 19th Century Map Could Have Transformed the West

Too bad Congress didn't listen

America's 10 Richest Universities Match These Countries' GDPs

All the Immigrants in the World, in One Addictive Interactive Map

Watch the World's Forests Disappear On Google Earth

Map: Blockbuster Video Isn't Dead Yet—in Other Countries, Anyway

How Energy Efficient Is Your State? (Map)

Hearts of Darkness

The incoherence of the British Empire