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Alternate History

One design envisioned landing planes just over the Hudson River.

New York City and London Could Have Looked Very Different

An airport in midtown? See alternate versions of the cities based on real proposed projects.

Frank Jacobs, Big Think March 1, 2024

The plains states might have been just about the only thing left to the United States.

This Map Shows a Divided and Conquered USA If America Had Lost WWII

Which parts of the East Coast and California might Germany and Japan have claimed?

Frank Jacobs, Big Think September 29, 2023

This vintage map, published in 1864 by H.H. Lloyd of New York, reflects anti-secession sentiment by taking secession to an extreme conclusion.

A Map of the 'Disunited States' Shows the Fears of Civil War–Era America

A nation divided into not two—but four—took the idea of secession to an extreme.

Frank Jacobs, Big Think August 4, 2023