Historic maps are the fastest way to stop guessing and start hunting with purpose. In this video I show how I use old maps to spot forgotten roads, homesites, and activity areas that don’t exist ...

The map showing the Elder's course was prepared using maps published by the United States Coast Survey and the U. S. Geological Survey. Geographer Henry Gannett traced the route onto an existing ...

It just got way, way easier to search and browse the US Geological Survey’s collection of historical topographic maps, thanks to a new online map viewer. These maps—more than 178,000 of them—date back ...

At the Spokane ANTIQUES ROADSHOW in August 2007, a guest named Maurice brought in a large and weathered-looking atlas, which he explained to appraiser Stephen Massey had passed down to him from his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. History and geography already make excellent bedfellows, but OldMapsOnline.org has taken the alliance one step further. The ...

While the history-stuffed Othmer Library has been closed to researchers during the pandemic, lovers of the borough have a new reason to rejoice with the launch of Brooklyn Historical Society’s map ...

In the Chicago Urban Heritage Project, College students are turning century-old insurance atlases into interactive digital ...

New York City is known for its stunning architecture, but much of what you will pass by on a daily basis holds little known or hidden histories. To make it easier for the public to learn the backstory ...