I like maps. I like weird maps, the kind you won’t find in a regular atlas. Maps of countries that never existed – or never will exist. I’ve given up on categorizing the maps I’ve collected so far – irredentism, alternate history,… – and decided to just be a little less anal. So, just for fun, here are the weirdest maps I found on the internet.
This map for ‘Hospital districts for insane in Pennsylvania can be found online at this site.
When I worked as a newspaper reporter in West Virginia in the 1980s, a fellow reporter — and a WV native — told me that the state mental hospital (I don’t know its name or location) divided patients into wards according to which county they came from : thus the hospital itself formed a little map of West Virginia, with lunatics from say Logan county accommodated next door to lunatics from Kanawha County &c. I thought it was an arrangement one might have read about in Foucault, or Borges.
Comment by edward fox — November 7, 2006 @ 11:20 am
Hi and hello from Germany — great collection so far.
Is there a way to get in contact, in order to give some
hints about more stuff?
Regards
Reinhold
Comment by Reinhold — November 14, 2006 @ 7:20 pm
Hello Reinhold,
Thanks for the compliment. I’ve been meaning to reply to all the comments on this blog, but haven’t gotten round to it yet, due to lack of time (and to the fact that this blog has taken off in a way I hadn’t expected – which is nice). Suggestions are more than welcome in the form of comments, or via wegmetconsensusgothiek@hotmail.com.
Comment by strangemaps — November 15, 2006 @ 3:22 am
Hello! I harvest statistics of meanings of users on sites as this. Answer: Like or Not Like. Thanks!
Comment by Maxx1 — December 8, 2006 @ 11:01 am
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Comment by davidderrick — February 24, 2007 @ 12:31 pm
I would like to see a world map of UFO sightings which would show where more unusual things appear in a more concentrated area.
Comment by Mary — March 25, 2007 @ 6:29 pm
Hi I just found your maps they are all so very interesting I will tell all my close friends and relations! I cant wait to see more!
As Ever, Pam Elliott
Comment by Pamela Elliott — June 3, 2007 @ 5:28 am
Id like to get more info about area51. This week Im very interested in the moon secret.
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Comment by najafzade — October 3, 2008 @ 7:31 pm
thanks
Comment by hero — October 15, 2008 @ 1:20 pm
That’s a weird thing to like. Not quite as weird as that Pennsylvania map, I still don’t fully understand it.
Comment by Fred Meyerson — October 28, 2008 @ 4:19 pm
Your blog is excellent! Congratulations. Andres, Argentina
Comment by Andres — April 24, 2009 @ 7:15 am
thanks alot
Comment by Tony — May 4, 2009 @ 2:22 am
thanks for this map
good
luck
Comment by Solomon — May 11, 2009 @ 7:06 am
merci
Comment by aspicco . — May 17, 2009 @ 4:47 am
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Comment by yory — June 12, 2009 @ 8:08 pm
Vielen Dank
Comment by moon — July 3, 2009 @ 3:45 am
Muchas gracias
Comment by sun — July 4, 2009 @ 6:27 am