mapping A Map of the Tallest Waterfalls in the World May 27, 2025 / May 27, 2025 by Adam DuVander What comes to mind when you imagine a waterfall? Maybe it’s the sound of the rushing water, or the droplets of mist hitting your skin leaving you damp in seconds. Are you visualizing the impressive rush of Niagara Falls? Or maybe it’s something small and closer to home, like Marietta Falls in Washington state or […] Read more »
mapping A Map of the Heaviest Bells in the World May 6, 2025 / April 30, 2025 by Adam DuVander In 1624, John Donne wrote the famous line, “never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” The line has been echoed and reproduced over the centuries, peaking with the Hemingway novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and later, the Metallica song by the same name in the 1980s. Bells are […] Read more »
embedded features mapping Where Oscar-Winning Actors Were Born April 11, 2025 / April 14, 2025 by admin Since 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has held an annual Academy Awards ceremony, better known as the Oscars, to celebrate motion picture magic. Did you know the very first Oscars ceremony was just 15 minutes long? Fifteen winners received an award of the now iconic statuette, and a tradition was born. […] Read more »