If you’re old enough to remember life before GPS, you remember maps. Back in the day, they were THE way to get from Point A to Point B, C, D and beyond. Nowadays we have the likes of Waze, Apple Maps and Google Maps to help us travel. But there are still plenty of good maps out there that help to make visual points.
A couple of years ago, I posted a piece about 15 maps that would blow your mind. There are plenty of other maps out there that are just as interesting; here’s a bunch of them:
The number of McDonald’s restaurants per 100,000 people in the U.S. and Canada
This map doesn’t include which McDonald’s has a broken ice cream machine, but this page does
A map of the world’s time zones
Fun fact! Here’s why time zone borders aren’t straight and equidistant
When each U.S. state’s population exceeded 1,000,000
Spoiler: 6 states still have less than 1,000,000 residents.
Even with this hotel map, most men still don’t know where they are 😉
U.S. counties with a life expectancy over 80 years
Hey, I live in one of them. Winning!
Most popular fictional characters from European countries
The most recent execution by hanging in each U.S. state
The longest stretch of straight road in the world
Approximate annual chance of experiencing a white Christmas in the U.S.
Literal translations of Chinese names for European countries
Every country that uses the MM/DD/YYYY format
Welp…
Only kinda sorta a map, but this letter actually made it to its intended recipient!
I love this!
Europe’s most popular dishes by country
The highest grossing singer/musical artist/band from each U.S. state
The most popular sport in each country
Feature Photo: World map showing airline flight routes // PC: Kevin Reinhardt
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