The Tory Atlas of the World
The Tory Atlas is a map plastered with nicknames instead of country names, showing how British conservatism colored attitudes towards the rest of the world.
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Lightning Fatalities in the US: Where and Why People Get Struck
Since 2006, Florida has recorded 94 lightning deaths, more than any other US state. Texas has 41 fatalities, Colorado 25. Men account for 80% of victims, with fishing and boating being the deadliest activities.
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What happens when you pull the plug on the Marianas Trench
An animated map shows what would happen if you pulled a 10-meter plug in the Mariana Trench. Over 158,180 years, the Atlantic and Indian Oceans become landlocked while the Pacific keeps draining toward the deepest point on Earth.
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Where the largest shares of people identifying as white still live in Canada and the United States
New Brunswick 90.16%, Vermont 89.3%, West Virginia 89.14%. Atlantic Canadian provinces and rural American states have the highest white population shares in North America. Post-1970s immigration concentrated in Toronto, Vancouver, and major U.S. gateway cities, leaving these regions demographically unchanged.
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Homicides in Brazil: National Overview and State Differences
Brazil loses roughly 60,000 people to homicide each year. While Amapá and Bahia struggle with rates above 44 per 100,000, São Paulo has dropped to just 7.9. The state-by-state differences are enormous, and tracking them from 1980 to 2021 shows how unevenly violence has changed across the country.
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Where Nobody Lives: Maps of Earth’s Uninhabited and Wilderness Areas
Only 5% of global landmass remains untouched by human activity. These maps show uninhabited areas across nine countries, plus global wilderness zones with minimal human footprint. Even in densely populated Netherlands, green spaces persist where no one lives.
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Mapping America’s Car Dependency by County
In Stewart County, Georgia, 99.6% of workers drive to their jobs. In Manhattan, just 7.6% do. This map using Census Bureau data from 2017-2021 shows which American counties are most car-dependent and where alternatives exist. Eight counties exceed 98% driving rates, all in rural areas. Nine counties fall below 50%, concentrated in dense urban centers with transit systems.
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Household Debt-to-Income Ratios by US State
Which US states saw household debt skyrocket relative to income over the past 25 years? The answer might surprise you. Delaware leads with a stunning 105% increase, while some states like California actually saw their ratios improve.
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GDP per capita of largest world economies (2050)
Latest long-term global growth projections to 2050 for 32 of the largest economies in the world, accounting for around 85%
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New France Mapped
New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period initiating with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and finishing with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763.
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