Take a look at a map today, and you might think North America is larger than Africa or Greenland is larger than Mexico and China. But that's not true in the slightest. The issue derives from trying to ...

Since Philadelphia is arranged on a grid system, the mostly one-way roads are easy to navigate. Helpful maps are posted along street corners across the city – watch for the "Walk! Philadelphia" signs ...

The second-largest city in the Lone Star state, San Antonio is located on the southern edge of the mountainous Texas Hill Country. Its streets follow old Spanish trails and 19th-century wagon trails ...

Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Gajanan is an editor at TIME. A total solar eclipse will obscure the sun across Mexico, the U.S., and Canada on April 8 in a rare event. You can find a detailed map ...