Agloe: The Made-Up Town That Outsmarted Cartographers
Mapmakers planted a fake village as a copyright trap; a shopkeeper put up a sign and the forgery turned into fact, which is deliciously petty and brilliant.Read More 
The Mountain That Outsmarted Everest (and I love it)
Everest gets the drama; Chimborazo quietly wins the title of farthest point from Earth's center and I am emotionally invested.Read More 
Point Nemo: Middle Of Nowhere Where Astronauts Are Your Neighbours
There is a spot in the South Pacific so lonely the closest people are the ones circling overhead, and even ships treat it like a skip for dead satellites.Read More 
We Take Turns: The Two Nations That Pass One Tiny Island Back And Forth
An uninhabited sliver of river is literally shared custody between France and Spain and swapped like an umbrella in a drizzle.Read More 
When Countries Redraw Tomorrow: How Nations Move the Date Line and Make Cartographers Swear
Some governments have quite literally redrawn tomorrow, shoving the International Date Line about like a reluctant houseguest and leaving maps, calendars and long-suffering atlas printers in a state of theatrical upset.Read More 