border markers A Belgian farmer accidentally shrunk the country of France when he moved a stone blocking his tractor Carla Sinclair

happiness This is the happiest country in the world David Pescovitz

City Guesser Can you guess what city is the setting of a random street video? Miss Cellania

lighthouses are nice 5-minute documentary about nuclear-powered Soviet lighthouses Rob Beschizza

bouguer gravitational anomaly The Bouguer gravity anomaly means that gravity is not evenly distributed Thom Dunn

asbestos Town of Asbestos having difficulty landing on a new name David Pescovitz

interesting Topography of U.S. states in ridgeline (Joy Division 'Unknown Pleasures') style Xeni Jardin

refuse New Delhi's garbage mountain Rob Beschizza

place names What to call residents of each US state David Pescovitz

cartography Interactive map of public facial recognition systems in America Cory Doctorow

slavery After 150 years, Runaway Negro Creek finally has a new name David Pescovitz

great migration The story of how Buffalo's oldest, best-established Black neighborhood was literally wiped off the map is a perfect parable about systemic bias — UPDATED Cory Doctorow

gill v whitford "The efficiency gap": understanding the math behind a crucial Supreme Court gerrymandering case Cory Doctorow

geography Geographer makes maps that reveal river networks as veins Mark Frauenfelder

variety How many towns in the world have the same name as yours? Rob Beschizza

STEM Mechanical spinning globe that shows the night/day terminator Cory Doctorow

US History A short animated tour through every state in the US Mark Frauenfelder

cold Photos of daily life in the coldest city on earth Mark Frauenfelder

geography Let's Split! is an atlas of separatism, national identity, and fringe geopolitical movements Christina Ward