Tell Google maps that you want to go to London in the UK, and you will get this direction:
I saw this on another website, but thought it was funny
Obviously, someone at Google has a sense of humor (or is it humour?)
Boston 1775 has a post where the author discusses an old map of Boston from 1894 with a map from when Europeans first arrived superimposed on it. A large portion of Boston is built on landfill.
The area around Old North Church (the church that figured prominently in the midnight ride of Paul Revere) existed when the Europeans first arrived.
I think it's neat to look at old maps to see which streets existed 100 years ago. There are some streets like that in my hometown, because it predates the suburbanization of Long Island.
