30 Unusual And Interesting Maps That Will Change Your Perspective On Cartography

We’re spoiled living in a day and age where we have a GPS on our phones. It’s almost impossible to get lost.

I feel like I missed out on having to use an actual map to get somewhere. They’re fun to look at and there’s a whole community where people share interesting maps they’ve come across.

Here are some of our favorites.

1. “Oklahoma Manhole Covers Have A City Map On, With A Blue Dot To Show Where You Are”

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2. States Where Pornhub is Blocked as of July 1, 2024

3. “Animals Of The World Map”

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4. “Map Of Regional Rug Patterns Of Iran”

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6. “Someone Joked That Instead Of Google Earth I Should Make Doodle Earth. I Liked The Idea So I Gave It A Shot”

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7. “World Map Mural”

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8. “My Great Grandpa Drew This Map Of Africa In The 1910’s”

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9. “United States Elevation Map”

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10. “Since You All Liked My Great Grandpa’s Drawing Of Africa At Age 12, Here’s One He Did Of Asia (Ca. 1910’s)”

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11. “Europe In The Style Of Super Mario”

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12. “A Map Of All Of The World’s Roads”

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13. “Abstract World Map”

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14. “Some Alternate Maps Of Down Under”

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15. “Countries That Recognises The Uyghur Genocide As Of February 26, 2021”

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16. “Map Of Most Photographed Places In The World”

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17. “World Map Resized According To Population”

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18. “An Artists’ Impression Of The Roman Port City Of Londinium, Established Between 47-50 Ad”

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19. “The Island Of Sardinia As Seen From The International Space Station”

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20. “The Roman Empire vs. The Mongol Empire At Their Peaks”

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21. “Place Names That Contain The Word ‘Peak’, ‘Mountain’, ‘Ridge’, ‘Plain’ And ‘Field’ In The United States”

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22. “Most Popular Last Names In Europe”

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23. “Every Roman Settlement, And Nothing Else”

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24. “La Plata.. Buenas Aires.. Argentina”

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25. “In A Straight Line You Can Go From Belgium To France 11 Times”

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26. The word “soda” takes over.

27. “People Employed In Science And Technology In Europe”

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28. “The British Empire At It’s Territorial Peak”

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29. “Ancient Lakes Of The Sahara”

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30. “Oldest Still Open Universities In Europe (The Word University Is Omitted On The Map)”

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31. “In Which State You Can Find The Highest Percentage Of People With Ancestry From Every European Country?”

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32. “Hand-Drawn Map Of The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth In 1618, By Me”

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33. “The Iberian Peninsula At Night By Nasa”

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When he's not doomscrolling Twitter or writing for Pleated-Jeans, Nate Armbruster writes jokes—and then tells them on stage as a stand-up comedian, where he can watch audiences (hopefully) laugh in real-time.