This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. We humans have a tendency to carve up our cities into “the ...

With 2020 behind us, Keith Myrmel wants folks to get outside and go hiking — and he’s made maps of some of the best trails in the Upper Midwest. The Arden Hills cartographer, who’s sold thousands of ...

Paula Scher is an award-winning New York City–based graphic designer whose decades of work include creating the Citibank logo and executing commissions for high-profile clients, including Microsoft, ...

On the East Coast, where people "don't have a good idea of what the rest of the country looks like," it's helpful, in conversation, to have a map. So Glen Lindeke drew one. Now his maps (two, in fact) ...

As high-tech mapping services such as Garmin, Google and MapQuest make finding directions easier than ever, a new movement has revived interest in maps made by hand, as a route toward personal ...

I recently stumbled onto Jack Kerouac's hand-drawn map from the hitchhiking trip that ultimately became On the Road. It's simple, just a few lines and some notes. But it's not more than that; it's ...