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50 Maps That Are Useless On The Road But May Give You A Laugh (New Pics)
Maps are awesome. And you can’t convince us otherwise. The obsessed, always-curious cartographer inside us gets excited every time they spot something new to ogle and analyze. However, not all maps are made equal. Some of them lean so heavily into comedy that we can’t help but spread the fun vibes.
The brainchild of Michael Howe, ‘Terrible Maps’ is a wonderfully witty social media project about nonsensical, semi-useless, and hilarious maps. They’re so ‘bad’ they’re good, and they help you look at the world from perspectives that you’ve never quite seen before. Scroll down to enjoy the latest batch below. We hope these maps make you as happy as they did us.
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#1
Nordic Map: Cat Edition
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#2
The Human Race Never Ceases To Amaze
#3
When You're In Charge Of Naming Scottish Lochs And It's 4:59pm
#4
A World Map Centred Around Antarctica
#5
How People React When You Try To Speak Their Language
#6
Which Is Your Favourite Mexican Country?
#8
A Map Of Sunken Japanese Ships From World War II
#9
Japanese Stereotypes Of Europe
#10
India As Seen By Indians
#11
Well, That's One Way To Do It
#12
World Map Of Borders
#13
Percentage Of People That Can Hold A Conversation In Icelandic
#14
Nature Is Amazing. Here's An Image Of The Carina Nebula From The James Webb Space Telescope — It Matches The Eastern Coast Of Algeria
#15
How To Build A T-Rex
#16
Countries That Have Eaten Their Prime Minister
Phantom Phoenix 1 year ago
Were the No Data countries unable to answer because there was some doubt? "We ate bits of somebody. Could've been the PM, might not have been."
#17
"Coma" (Medical Term) In European Languages
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
Polish is a fun language - the Polish verb "to look for, search for something" is almost identical to Czech "to f@ck." We're both having a lot of fun with that one.
#18
Top-Selling Musical Artists From Each English County
#19
Europe If Europe Had Colonised Europe
#20
If You Laid The Great Wall Of China Around Europe’s Coastline
Michael Largey 1 year ago (edited)
Someone told a Brit that he could fir=t all of his country in Nebraska. He replied "Yes, but why would I want to?"
#21
The U.S. Map With Between 3 And 500 Edges
#22
How Hard It Is To Understand Spanish Accents
digitalin 1 year ago
I've been learning Spanish and a Dominican friend I hadn't seen in a while said I now had a Central American accent! Probably from practicing so much with my friend from El Salvador. It's a very big achievement for me to be able to speak enough to show any accent at all besides struggling American English.
#23
The Country Each European Nation Jokes About Most
#24
Countries Where The National Anthem Mentions Blood
#25
2,066 Americans Were Asked To Locate Ukraine On A Map
#26
Europe If Sea Levels Went Up 100m
#27
Countries Where It's Illegal To Pee In The Sea
#28
San Diego Looks Like A Flooded Melbourne
Michael Largey 1 year ago (edited)
The best thing about San Diego County is that humidity is illegal there.
#29
European Places With More Sheep Than People
#30
Mapping Spanish Stereotypes
#31
Prisoners Per 100,000 People
#32
Countries Mentioned In The Bible vs. % Of Population Practising Christianity
Michael Largey 1 year ago
Few countries are mentioned in "Pride and Prejudice", but it's still a great book.
#33
Map Showing The Hairiest Countries In The World
#34
Map Of Countries That Lost Both World Wars
#35
Dividing The World By Nearest Australian Capital City
Pandemonium 1 year ago
From among these wonderfully useless maps, I think this one might be the uselessest.
#36
U.S. States, But With Some Letters Missing For Your Amusement
#37
The Nearest Country To Each Portuguese Region
#38
Public Toilets In The United Kingdom In 1540
#39
South Korea Takes The Idea Of Political Left vs. Right Very Seriously (2025 South Korean Presidential Election Results)
#40
Europe’s Most Famous Composers
Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
This is fairly meaningless if you don't know who they are. Most are rather more famous for their sound than their image.
#41
European Countries And Their National Animals
Rick Murray 1 year ago
British bulldog? Excuse me: English lion, Welsh dragon, Scottish unicorn.
#42
States That Are Clearly In The Midwest
Mel in Georgia 1 year ago
TBF, the states that were considered Midwest before the country expanded westward were definitely toward the east. (Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Iowa ...)
#43
Average Size Of A Pizza
#44
Road Trip, Anyone?
Skara Brae 1 year ago
The one on the left is P o o P o o Point, an outcrop on Tiger Mountain near Issaquah, Washington (state). It's a popular spot for hang gliders to jump from. https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/trip-reports/trip_report.2015-03-04.7676213335
#45
Eurovision: The Country Each Nation Received The Most Points From Over The Last 20 Year
#46
Map Of The Shrek Republic
#47
Believe It Or Not, Portugal Is Actually Smaller Than Spain
#48
How Many Skyscrapers Are In Each Us State
#49
France Pizza Map
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
My region of France is dark red and it's amazingly true how much pizza is sold here. I would never have believed it.
#50
Really Pleased With My New IKEA Globe That Shows Earth At Night Time
#51
Interestingly, Egypt Is Smaller Than The United States, Russia, And China Combined
#52
Would It Be Socially Acceptable To Name Your Child After This State?
#54
Scandinavia Swapped With The Mediterranean
#55
Us States If They Were All Named Like West Virginia
#56
Distribution Of Lighthouses In Africa
#59
Map Of Dandelion Distribution In The UK
#60
Europe With Every Island And Peninsula Removed... Except Cyprus
#61
Map Showing The Average Number Of Bowel Movements Per Week
#63
Eye Colour Of Us Governors
#64
Which Way Do Windows Open In Europe?
Verena 1 year ago (edited)
In the Netherlands windows of houses usually open outward (unless built after 2000). It really annoyed me after moving from Germany (for work) some 30 years ago. It requires a glass cleaner with a long stick - either a human one, dropping by once a month or a trip to the DIY-shop and some lessons in ladder artistics. The reason: In a windy and rainy country you very quickly learn the advantages of a window blown shut instead of open.
#65
The Most Commonly Spoken Language Besides Spanish In Each State
Gavin Johnson 1 year ago
You say English but as a speaker of the Queen’s English, or is it King’s English now, I can assure you that some areas use a very loose approximation of ‘English’.
#66
Burn It With Fire
#67
Getting His Steps In
#68
Map Showing The Australo-Hungarian Empire In 1783
#70
Can You Legally Own A Monkey?
#71
European Countries With Names Ending In ‘Ia’
#72
The Us, China, India, Canada, Brazil, And Australia Can Fit Inside Europe
Raven Sheridan 1 year ago
Australia is not that kind of country. Or at least take us out to dinner first.
#73
Europe’s Most Famous Leaders
#75
Participants Were Asked To Find Iran On A Map
#76
Here’s A Map You Didn’t Know You Needed
#77
Is Your Country Closer To South Africa Or Lesotho?
#79
Without Touching A Single Piece Of Land, You Can Sail From India To The USA In A Completely Straight Line
#80
I Enjoyed My Secondment Last Month
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