United Kingdom
Rail Map Online
Interactive map of Britain's railways, past and present
railmaponline.comOpen
Interactive maps for history lovers
Old maps, historical atlases, ancient roads and photos of places as they were.
Transport & Transit Maps
CategoryHistorical & Old Maps
CategoryWorldwide, strongest for the Americas
David Rumsey Map Collection
One of the largest online collections of historical maps, free to explore
davidrumsey.comOpen
Worldwide
Old Maps Online
Search engine for historical maps held by libraries worldwide
oldmapsonline.orgOpen
Great Britain and beyond
National Library of Scotland Maps
Historical maps of Scotland, Britain and the world, including side-by-side viewers
maps.nls.ukOpen
Worldwide, strongest for the US
Library of Congress Maps
Tens of thousands of digitised maps from the US national library
loc.govOpen
Worldwide
OpenHistoricalMap
An OpenStreetMap for history: map the world as it was at any date
openhistoricalmap.orgOpen
United States
USGS topoView
Every historical USGS topographic map, free to view and download
ngmdb.usgs.govOpen
United States
Historic Aerials
Historical aerial photos and topographic maps of the United States
historicaerials.comOpen
Central Europe
Mapire
Historical maps of the Habsburg Empire and Europe, georeferenced
mapire.euOpen
Japan
Konjaku Map on the Web
Compare old Japanese topographic maps with today, side by side
ktgis.netOpen
Worldwide
Allmaps
Open-source tools for georeferencing and viewing digitised old maps
allmaps.orgOpen
Great Britain
Britain from Above
Aerial photographs of Britain from 1919 to 1953
britainfromabove.org.ukOpen
Worldwide, strongest for New England
Leventhal Map & Education Center
Historical maps of Boston, New England and the world, with exhibitions
leventhalmap.orgOpen
New York and beyond
NYPL Map Warper
Historical maps of New York and beyond, aligned to the modern map by volunteers
maps.nypl.orgOpen
Great Britain
old-maps.co.uk
Historical Ordnance Survey maps of Great Britain by address
old-maps.co.ukOpen
Worldwide
Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps
Huge catalogue of antique maps with detailed descriptions
raremaps.comOpen
Russia and nearby countries
Retromap
Old maps of Russian and other cities aligned with modern maps
retromap.ruOpen
History & Culture Maps
CategoryWorldwide
GeaCron
Interactive world history atlas from 3000 BC to today
geacron.comOpen
Worldwide
Native Land
Map of Indigenous territories, languages and treaties worldwide
native-land.caOpen
Worldwide
Chronas
A history map linking 4,000 years of borders to Wikipedia
chronas.orgOpen
Roman Empire
ORBIS
Stanford's geospatial model of travel across the Roman Empire
orbis.stanford.eduOpen
Worldwide
UNESCO World Heritage Interactive Map
Every UNESCO World Heritage Site on one map
whc.unesco.orgOpen
United States
Mapping Inequality
The 1930s redlining maps of American cities, digitised
dsl.richmond.eduOpen
Europe and the Mediterranean
DARMC
Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations from Harvard
darmc.harvard.eduOpen
Worldwide
Running Reality
A detailed world history map you can zoom through time and space
runningreality.orgOpen
Roman Empire
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
A detailed map of the Roman Empire's places and roads
imperium.ahlfeldt.seOpen
Worldwide
Historypin
Old photos and stories pinned to the places they were taken
historypin.orgOpen
Roman Empire
Omnes Viae
A Roman route planner based on the Peutinger Map
omnesviae.orgOpen
Ancient Mediterranean and beyond
Pleiades
Gazetteer of ancient places with maps and references
pleiades.stoa.orgOpen
Northern Europe
Viabundus
Map of medieval and early modern roads in northern Europe
viabundus.euOpen
Geography Games & Quizzes
CategoryWorldwide
TimeGuessr
Guess where and when a historical photo was taken
timeguessr.comOpen
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