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Cartographer Antonio Zatta included Lake de Fonte on this 1776 map. It never existed.
pirates

7 Maps That Can Change How You See the World 

Plus: Our definitive guide to the world’s extraordinary sights.
April White September 22, 2023
Weil am Rhein, Germany

Giant Chairs of Weil am Rhein

A town that sets itself apart with supersized designer seating.
The rugged and infamous terrain of the Darién Gap as seen from the Pacific, off the coast of Panama.
roads

Podcast: Darién Gap

An infamous break in the Pan-American Highway has been in and out the news for more than 100 years.
The Podcast Team July 19, 2023
Rome, Italy

Palazzo Malta

Inside this building is another country within Rome, a sovereign entity without a physical territory.
Basel, Switzerland

Dreiländereck

A futuristic rocket marks the spot where three borders meet.
Versailles border stone showing the "P" for Poland
Wierzbno, Poland

The Last Versailles Border Stone

The last original stone marking the interwar border between Germany and Poland sits in this unassuming village park.
Nahwa.
Nahwa, United Arab Emirates

Nahwa

A small United Arab Emirates territory within an Omani enclave within the United Arab Emirates.
North Corner Boundary Stone
Lancaster, South Carolina

North Corner Boundary Stone

The last refinements in the North Carolina-South Carolina boundary were marked with this stone.
The so-called Edith Deviation follows a natural valley.
maps

Colorado Is Not a Rectangle—It Has 697 Sides

The Centennial State is technically a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon.
Frank Jacobs, Big Think April 14, 2023
Mason-Dixon Line Marker “Mile 1”
Landenberg, Pennsylvania

Mason-Dixon Line Marker “Mile 1”

The first marker along the famous boundary.
Landenberg, Pennsylvania

Delaware-Maryland-Pennsylvania Tri-State Point

The meeting of the northwestern corner of Delaware, the northeastern corner of Maryland, and the southern edge of Pennsylvania.
Marker at the Chamizal National Memorial
El Paso, Texas

Chamizal National Memorial

This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.
1915 Michigan border post
List

15 Places Where Borders Get a Little Strange

Sometimes they're more than just a line on a map.
Jonathan Carey August 26, 2022
churches

Podcast: Friendship Park

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team August 11, 2022
1915 Michigan border post
Erie, Michigan

Michigan's Lost Peninsula

This small piece of Michigan is entirely surrounded by Ohio.
The no-man's-land between North and South Korea.
animals

Podcast: Cranes of the DMZ

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team July 18, 2022
A jaguar in Mexico escapes the day's heat in a shady pool.
science

Will the Jaguar Return to the American Southwest?

Scientists monitoring the big cats in northwestern Mexico see potential paths to reintroduction across the border.
Ganesh Marin and John Koprowski May 9, 2022
Stamp mill hoppers.
Hawthorne, Nevada

Aurora

This Gold Rush ghost town was once the subject of a territorial dispute between California and Nevada.