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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Those of you who follow me on Twitter or Instagram (@PGLocal4) periodically see me post one of my hand-analyzed maps…I usually do this if an impactful storm is approaching. There’s a lot of interest ...

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 ...