Look But Don’t Touch involves both an extensive online exhibition, and a display at the Map Collection in Harvard University’s Pusey Library. David Weimer, librarian for cartographic collections and ...

A panoramic map of the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, MO. Library of Congress Map lovers rejoice: soon, thousands of maps from the Library of Congress’ collection will be free to gaze at online.

Since the 1990s, collector David Rumsey has digitized and made freely available his thousands of historical maps; his site has long been one of the best resources for cartography. While his ...

When you visit the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford University's Green Library, if you can, take the stairs. Yes, you'll have to spiral up three flights, but the wallpaper will give you plenty of ...

Robert Berlo on one of his many road trips. Maps from Robert Berlo’s collection, donated after his death to the Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections at Stanford University. A detail from ...

The collection of old documents offers a unique glimpse into how Maryland developed during the 1800s, thanks to atlases that were once sold door to door by canvassers. Among the images is a 1700s ...

Clambering in the back of a van or station wagon and driving with your folks to your nearest national park used to be a summer tradition. Certainly, it was for Matt Holly, who grew up to be a national ...

The below map and this week’s back story have a personal meaning to me as they explain further the power of the gift of thousands of maps and street guides, all of which were the recent subject of a ...

Revealing King George III's Astonishing Military Map Collection At Windsor Castle' Though perhaps better-remembered today for his late-reign madness and the slight issue of losing the Thirteen ...