I like these vintage history maps. They are nice and information dense, and you can almost smell your old school when you look at them.

Below is the hard to find “Histomap of Religion” which recently sold online for $405.

Here’s the 1881 “Synchronological Chart of Universal History” which is one of the best chart titles of all time, and stretched 23 feet long.

Ok, it’s from 1885, but have things really changed much?

I came across this interesting map of 1888 horsedrawn streetcars in Washington DC:

Not entirely difference from the location accurate version of the modern subway map:

Of course, a more accurate comparison is probably to a modern bus map. but they are so busy:

DC is scheduled to re-introduce streetcars in 2013/14, starting with a small run along H Street SE.