We love globes, but we despise reading them. All those extraneous symbols and endless topographic lines that could easily be confused with countries — if not for Where in the World Is Carmen San Diego ...

What's the first thing you do when you see a map of the world, asks British author Simon Garfield? "You find where you are on it," he says. And then you think about all the places you might go. Maps ...

It will come as no surprise that in addition to actually going places, I also like to fill my home with travel-related paraphernalia. A separate obsession: maps. Yet another: fonts and typefaces. Via ...