Gilbert H. Grosvenor, National Geographic magazine’s founding editor, is credited with saying: A map is the greatest of all epic poems. Its lines and colors show the realization of great dreams.

Our maps have long been known for their distinctive typefaces, but few outside the Society know of the history that lies behind them. ByJuan José Valdés Until the early 1930s, most of our maps ...

This story appears in the February 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Food for thought: How does one ingredient become linked to one place? That’s one question artists Henry Hargreaves ...

Heat islands can run 17 degrees F hotter than a city’s cooler areas. Studying them now may yield ideas for mitigating future warming. ByRyan Morris and Ryan Williams This story appears in the ...

This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Countries and territories from original TvT data: Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda ...

This story appears in the December 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a gentle slope above a trail junction in Sequoia National Park, about 7,000 feet above sea level in the southern ...