From 400-year-old globes to cosmic funeral shrouds, how the Osher Map Library in Maine shows people that maps aren't just for navigation — but windows into history, culture, and how we see the world.

People complain about the trains in the United States: They’re not fast enough, they don’t go to convenient locations. This is a chicken-and-egg situation: We are also unwilling to pay for trains that ...

On the 1956 U.S. Geological Survey map, a marshy zone labeled THE EVERGLADES stretches from Buckingham south to Collier and east to Hendry County. Today, that wet blue area is crisscrossed with roads ...

The map showing the Elder's course was prepared using maps published by the United States Coast Survey and the U. S. Geological Survey. Geographer Henry Gannett traced the route onto an existing ...

At the Spokane ANTIQUES ROADSHOW in August 2007, a guest named Maurice brought in a large and weathered-looking atlas, which he explained to appraiser Stephen Massey had passed down to him from his ...

Q I’ve been cleaning out my late father’s belongings and found a bunch of old maps. They are the kind once given away for free by gas stations. I was going to throw them out, but a buddy of mine urged ...

In addition to many returning items from the previous entry Zelda Tears of the Kingdom has introduced a new collectible called old maps. These old maps always point to a unique treasure hidden in the ...

FIFTEEN YEARS ago or so I was invited to give a lecture at a rod-and-gun club on Whidbey Island. Because I always liked to fish, I was at least half in sympathy with the club’s program and so agreed ...

Old Maps in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom are Key Items found in treasure chests scattered throughout the Hyrule sky islands. Though you won't be able to directly use them as a guidance ...