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Natural
A personal account of becoming a citizen of Japan, mixing anecdotes, opinion and observation about naturalization, belon…
New Urban News
A publication tracking New Urbanist development projects across North America, covering walkable town centers and tradit…
NM Geology Virtual Tour - Shiprock
A stop on New Mexico's geology virtual tour explaining Ship Rock, the towering volcanic neck rising from the desert, wit…
NYCRoads
A detailed history of highways, bridges, and tunnels in the New York metro area, covering the engineering and politics b…
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Old Urbanist
A blog examining pre-automobile town planning and traditional urban form, arguing older neighborhood patterns hold lesso…
Outdoor Photographer
A magazine covering nature and landscape photography with technique articles, gear reviews, and destination guides for o…
Pedestrian Observations
A data-heavy blog by transit writer Alon Levy comparing rail construction costs and transit systems across cities worldw…
Peranakan Tiles
Garland Magazine follows the hands-on production of traditional Peranakan tiles in Malaysia, explaining their colours, m…
Photogrammetry on Commercial Flights
A hobbyist tries to build 3D models of landscapes from airplane window photos, working through the challenges of speed,…
Places - Atlas Obscura
A crowdsourced catalog of the world's hidden wonders, unusual landmarks, and offbeat destinations.
Planetizen
A news and resource hub for urban planning professionals covering zoning, transportation, housing policy, and city desig…
Pompeii
An illustrated World History Encyclopedia article on Pompeii, the Roman town buried by Vesuvius in 79 CE, covering its h…
Pompeii and World War II
An archaeologist recounts how Allied bombs struck the ruins of Pompeii in 1943, damaging the Forum and famous houses, an…
Project for Public Spaces
A nonprofit dedicated to placemaking, publishing guides and case studies on turning plazas, markets, and streets into th…
PySkyWiFi
A gleeful write-up of how to get free in-flight wi-fi by tunnelling data through the airline's free messaging allowance,…
Railway Gazette International
A trade publication covering global rail industry news, from new high-speed lines and metro extensions to rolling stock…
Rainforest Restoration in Brazil's Atlantic Forest
A photo-led story on how farmers and foresters are replanting Brazil's Atlantic Forest with native seedlings, once a vas…
Repairing a Ship's Hull in -50C Yakutsk
A vivid first-hand account of how a crew repairs the underside of a ship's hull while it sits in a frozen Siberian river…
Reversing UK Mobile Rail Tickets
A detective story about decoding the barcodes on British mobile train tickets, tracing a design lineage back to paper AP…
Roadside Attraction
An essay that starts with giant roadside oddities, from the Biggest Pistachio to restaurants shaped like hats, and wande…
Save The Waves Coalition
A coastal conservation group that maps and protects surf ecosystems worldwide, publishing stories on threatened coastlin…
Should This Be a Map or 500 Maps?
A thoughtful essay on cartography about a map that never came to be, 500 priests, and why some places resist being flatt…
Singapore Airlines Concorde: The Full Story
The odd tale of the Concorde that Singapore Airlines briefly flew to London in a shared livery with British Airways, and…
Small Vehicles of Tokyo
Designer Dan Hill catalogues the tiny trucks, carts, scooters and service vehicles that weave through Tokyo's streets, w…
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