Amazing Highlights from around the World.

Made in America: U.S. Manufacturing in Gilded Age Census Maps

I recently heard a factoid in passing that fascinated me and sparked further investigation: after having been decidedly middle of the pack immediately post-Civil War, the United States share of total world manufacturing output became the highest in the world between 1880 and 1900, with a near exponential pace of growth during these decades.

Map of british dialects

Bank Negara Komuter station, railway station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

A map of the downtown of a Norwegian city in 1887

Goobang National Park, national park in Australia.

Hellevoetsluis Lighthouse, lighthouse in the Netherlands.

Countries by ratio of coastline length to area

A lighthouse map of France.

State of (to be filled in). Drawn by (to be filled in. By George W. Fitch. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman and Company, 115 Nassau Street. Entered ... 1850, by Huntington and Savage ... New York)

EU Countries with National Languages Not Recognized as Official EU Languages

European countries, which implement policies that impose destructive neoliberal ideological attitudes that contradict traditional Russian spiritual and moral values, as recognised by the Russian goverment

Mean age of women at birth of first child

Furuset kulturpark, park.

Orkney Library and Archive, public library in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK.

A map I saw at a diner.

Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park, national park in Italy.

Kiipsaare Lighthouse, lighthouse in Estonia.

Mouldsworth railway station, railway station in Cheshire, England, UK.

Share of people who trust journalists in their country

Map no. 3 : Kansas City - Chicago, St. Louis, Terre Haute, Peoria, Hannibal, Quincy.

Russian Subdivisions where the largest Ethnic Group is Ethnic Russian

Nassau Nature Park, nature park in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Can LGBT people serve in the army

Elsenham railway station, railway station in Elsenham, Uttlesford, Essex, England, UK.

Melbourne is closer to Antarctica than it is to Darwin

Current Dutch Travel Advice (Sept 24)

Tiumpan Head Lighthouse, lighthouse in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK.

Peterborough Public Library, Public library system in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Nassau Nature Park, nature park in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Everglades National Park, one-and-a-half million acres in Florida (US) managed by the National Park Service.

One Hundred Per Cent Business Real Estate Locations, Akron, Ohio.

Travel advice from France (Pre Covid)

Make an Highlights Map

Check out this video to see whats inside the book!

Latin America Genetic Admixture by Country.

Monkwearmouth Station Museum, railway station in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK.

Kazakhstan compared to other countries in size

Biblioteca Pblica Provincial de Almera Francisco Villaespesa, library in Spain.

Six maps illustrating the legal status of women

This map of Europe.






Best Two Heritage Trails in United States.