My Neighbor Literally Lives Tomorrow
Two rocky islands sit just a few miles apart yet are separated by almost a full day because the International Date Line slices right between them.Read More 
Null Island, The Tiny Resort For Broken Coordinates
At 0N 0E there lives an entirely imaginary island beloved by cartographers, databases and careless bureaucrats.Read More 
That Big Eye In The Sahara Is Just Bored Rock
There is a 40km circular 'eye' in Mauritania that makes people shout aliens, when really it's just rock peeling itself like an old pie.Read More 
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 