For Lane and his fellow fans, old maps serve as a sort of gateway to the past, artfully set on paper. “The thing about them is their ability to tell a story,” he says.

Whimsical old map depicts California at a time when ‘Hollywood was a state of mind’ The 1940s cartoon map was recently unearthed By Emily Gordon @Emdashes Updated Nov 16, 2016, 8:02am PST ...

Maps are so old school. You can’t edit them (lame!), there’s no zoom (boring), and the static landscape of frozen pixels doesn’t change to show new trails (WTF?).

PHOTOS: Old map of Texas oilfields is a trip through time. Keep going for a more detailed look at the map. Source: The Texas General Land Office ...

Fun Maps: Go Back in Time with Old Maps Using NYPL’s NYC Space/Time Directory. Untapped New York Feb 10, 2015. February 10 2015 3 min read Share. Tweet Share Share Email Copy.

NYPL Labs is calling it a “Space/Time Directory” and will allow everyone to peel back the layers of the city. This map shows the future site of the World Trade Center, circa 1894.

A 400-year-old map of Mexico dating from the Spanish Empire is now being displayed for the first time at the United States Library of Congress.

Old Maps, Early Arctic Photographs And Rare Books About Northwest Passage On Display For First Time. ByTanya Mohn. Follow Author. ... The objects, many on display for the first time, ...

Rollover Pass existed a long time before the cut, old map shows. By Dan Wallach, Reporter April 12, 2009. Ruth Sanford holds her 1885 map of Galveston Bay in her Woodville home on Thursday.