Entertainment

Bonanza Creek Ranch
Tragic Shooting on set
HITC article Map

Ghostbuster's

WHERE WAS GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE FILMED? IS SUMMERVILLE A REAL PLACE?
Another Where Was Ghostbusters Afterlife Filmed? article
Adam Salvage's backstage video

Shooting locations
Calgary
Apartment the family was evicted from
Calgary Film Centre
Many inside shots
Movie used all three sound stages (50,000 sq ft)

Drumheller
Driving into Summerville
Watertower (in the movie the name on it is Summerville)
Drive down main street
Per siesmic maps in the movie the pretend Summerville is located where Woodward, OK actually is.

Foothills County
Farmhouse location
Nearby intersection (driveway about 500 feet on the right)
Many daylight interiors shot here. All structures removed after shooting.

Beiseker
Ng's Cafe
Site of Spinners, torn down. Now the Apple Pie Café.

CrossField
Hardware Store
W.G. Murdoch School

Near Drumheller
Horsethief Canyon

Turner Valley
Turner Valley Gas Plant

Crossfield
Police Station (Google street view during filming in 2019)

Muncher chase Scene
Fort Macleod
Drumheller (in the movie the Telus building is the Summerville Post Office)
Fort Macleod
Chase ends at Spinners

Dorothy
Yellow Bridge Looking southwest

Calagary
Walmart

Ivo Shandor' original Ghostbusters movie building
Wiki Article

The Shining - the fictional Overlook Hotel Map

The Tomorrow War

imDB webpage
Wiki webpage
946 eruption of Paektu Mountain
Map
How is Paektu Mountain central to the story

Top Gun: Maverick

Where was Top Gun: Maverick filmed? Guide to ALL the Filming Locations
Atlas of Wonders
Shooting locations - Map
Behind the scenes from Top Gun - Maverick photos of Tom Cruse
filming in South Lake Tahoe
Article from Tahoe Trail Guide

Miscellaneous Movie locations: from upbeatnews.com

The Alamo in North of Brackettville, Texas
The remains of his mansion still stand. John Wayne fans will love a visit to the remains of this 1960 set that has since been used in more than 100 other westerns, music videos, and commercials.

Big Fish Town of Specter in Montgomery, Alabama
Situated on a private island, what remains of the idyllic town in the movie are just a few buildings and rundown streets.

Blue Cloud Movie Ranch Video
The Blue Sky Movie Ranch produced such Hollywood productions as "Zero Dark Thirty," "Iron Man," "True Blood," and "Junkyard Wars." one of the industry's top suppliers of "third world country" sets, and has everything from "foreign courtyards" to "war torn Afghanistan" sets. There's also 50's inspired town sets, a working diner, and even a full mine to film in.

Cypress Gardens, South Carolina
The Notebook, and also the filming location for Mel Gibson's 2000 movie The Patriot

The 2005 horror film Death Tunnel takes place in an abandoned sanitarium.
The film was filmed in a real abandoned sanitarium, Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Kentucky.

Field of Dreams Movie Site
The field where magic was created, where dreams become reality. Originally a farm, the makers of this 1989 Kevin Costner movie built a baseball field and it has remained ever since. Visitors can come and take a spin around the bases, or on occasion watch, the local “Ghost Players” play some innings.

The Fugitive Bus Scene in Dillsboro, North Carolina
Shot on a stretch of the Smoky Mountain Railroad, this iconic Harrison Ford scene is accessible today. The wrecks of the train and the bus still lay near the tracks for fans to visit.

Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke is one of the longest-running and most influential television shows in history, so it’s perhaps fitting that one of the sets is still standing despite production ending nearly 50 years ago. The facade of the show's Long Branch Saloon still stands in Kanab, Utah.

Hawthorne Plaza Mall From Gone Girl
The 2014 thriller Gone Girl opted to use a building already standing as part of its set. The Hawthorne Plaza Mall was once a bustling shopping center in Hawthorne, California. It met its decline in the late 1990s. Now, it’s a "dead mall," one that has seen many movie productions, including the TV series Westworld.

Hayden Ranch Historic Western Movie Town
The one-time set for the old "Judge Roy Bean" television series, produced and directed by the ranch's namesake Russel Hayden, the ranch maintains it's western flavor to this day. A Wells Fargo & Co. bank building, a sheriff's office and jail, rusty wagons, and Western artifacts remain at the ranch as a tribute to the fictional character Judge Roy Bean and Hayden, who made more than 30 of the half-hour shows. Hayden also produced the "Twenty-six Men" series and played Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Luckie.

The Gas Station From The Hills Have Eyes
Even though The Hills Have Eyes is set in America, the producers decided to travel to the sand-swept city of Ouarzazate, Morocco, to build the iconic creepy gas station.

Henry River Mill Village, North Carolina, USA: The Hunger Games
Fans of the franchise can still join guided tours of the 72-acre site (which was originally built in 1905)

Iron Man Cerro Gordo Miness
2008's Iron Man, and the entire multibillion-dollar Marvel Cinematic Universe, kicked off when Tony Stark was kidnapped and held hostage in caves in Afghanistan. The shooting location was actually the Cerro Gordo Mines in Inyo County.

Jurassic World
The 2015 sequel/soft reboot Jurassic World. While most of the film's titular theme park was created through CGI, some of the parks were built practically on the site of the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans, which has been closed since being devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Dinner from Looper
The 2012 time travel film Looper has become a cult classic among science fiction fans. The structure was on a deserted portion of land near Napoleonville, Louisiana. The dinner before it was torn down

Lord of the Rings Hobbit Holes in Matamata, New Zealand
Luckily, this film set is easy to visit. Since the trilogies wrapped production, the locals have maintained the whimsical buildings and backdrops, and offer a variety of tours for fans to enjoy.

Malibu Creek State Park, California

Planet of the apes 1968 set

M*A*S*H Production Location
In the mountains of Malibu, you'll find the military vehicle used in M*A*S*H.

Pirates of The Caribbean's Port Royale in Wallilabou Anchorage, St. Vincents
Set from the hit 2003 film remains. There are props and buildings still standing, but things like the dock have gone into disrepair.

Popeye Village
The early 1980s live-action version of Popeye was a critical and commercial flop, however, even those who disliked the film often praised the full-scale sets that were constructed in Malta. Popeye's Village was initially abandoned after the film, however after the country noticed that visitors were drawn to the sets, they refurbished them and opened them as a very successful tourist attraction.

Filming Site of Ryan´s Daughter
For 1970's Ryan's Daughter, the filmmakers built a full-scale ancient Irish village just outside of the city of Dingle, Ireland. The set – including a schoolhouse – is still standing to this day, though admittedly some of it has succumbed to the rough Irish weather.

Schindler's List's Plaszow Camp in Krakow, Poland
The remains of the real labor camp were destroyed, so the filmmakers decided to create a replica. It was the only set built for the movie and still stands in the Krakus Mound Quarry.

Texas, Hollywood
Several famous westerns, including the iconic The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, were filmed on large western sets constructed in Almería, Spain. So many films were filmed there that the area earned the nickname "Texas, Hollywood." The sets are still standing today, and serve as a massive tourist attraction.

Site of the filming of Year One
The 2009 film Year One took a critical and commercial drubbing, However, since it was the last film made by legendary writer/director Harold Ramis, some fans might be interested in visiting the sets of the film, which are still standing in Sibley, Louisiana

Environment

Fires

2021 California Fire Season
USDA Forest Service Active Fire Mapping Program
Sierra Fire Cams
2021 Northern California Wire fires
NY Times Western States Fire Map
Fire and smoke map

The Planet

Earth - day/night
What If the Earth Was Flat?
10 Largest Cities Map
The highest and lowest temperatures ever recorded
The top 10 hottest temperatures ever recorded
The Driest Place on Earth Map
Top 10 Wettest Places on Earth Map
Map

Weather

Zoom Earth

AccuWeather satellite
wunderground.com infrared Satellite
NOAA Weather Prediction
NOAA Imaging
Hurricane Tracker 1 Hurricane Tracker 2
477-mile-long lightning bolt

Lightning Map Tornado Tracking

The 10 worst Tornados

Weather Channel article from 04/09/20 12/21 NDTV article Map

Hurricane Tracking
U.S. Infrared Satellite Map AccuWeather U.S. Satellite Map NOAA Globe Satellite Map
Air Quality
Coriolis Effect Video
Weather.com explains "What Is An Atmospheric River? Explaining The Blessing And Curse"
Difference between high and low pressure weather systems

Another explanation of a Low-Pressure System?
High and low presuure systems rotation graphic
Hawaii weather: What is a Kona low? Map

Satellite Monitoring of Earth

Takes a bit to load - NASA Eyes on the Earth 3D interactive maps
Once you load one you can quickly change to other parameters on the site
Earth environmental satellites in orbit
Temperature
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Monoxide
Sea Levels
Soil Moisture
Ozone
Water Vapor
Gavity Field

Wildlife

Rampaging Feral Pigs

Geography

Teaching the five themes of Geography
Continents Of The World

U.S. at night

General

Science Daily Geography News Sci News Geography News
John Hopkins Covid 19 U.S. Map
Mountain Ranges in the US
Nautical Mile
The "Stans" Former Soviet Republics of Central Asia Map
Time Zones
U.S. State capitals & popular state facts

The Problem with 2D Maps

Why don't we start using a more accurate world map rather than the conventional Mercator map?
Mercator Projection
Newfoundland Canada and Miami FL to Africa
In 3D Greenland is not that big!
Why is "God save the Czar" and other remnants of Imperial Russia publicly remembered in today's Russia?

Airline ETOP Examples that show errors from 2D maps

Borders

The most northern, western, & eastern state in the U.S. is one and the same!
Which U.S. town can see Russia from its shores?

Netherlands vs. Holland Map
Why is Kaliningrad part of Russia? Map
Landlocked Countries Without Direct Ocean Access Map
Countries Surrounded by Another
Rivers effect on borders
Alaska boundary dispute Area Map

Geo-Politics

Cold War

Berlin Airlift
Why didn't the Soviets shoot down planes during the Berlin Airlift?

Map East-West Germany Map

British Isles

United Kingdom
Map
Scottish independence support rises as voters turn against Boris Johnson, poll finds 01/21/22
Scottish independence: Will there be a second referendum? 03/22/21
How Does The British Military Split With An Independent Scotland? 09/08/14
Map of Naval base that would be in contention
The Act of Union
U.S. States that are bigger than the U.K. - from parentinfluence.com

Russia/Ukraine Conflict

Ukraine conflict background
Current Ukraine Airspace
Ukraine Russian language map
Political Divisions of Ukraine
Countries that Russia has invaded
03-16-22 NATO launches analyses for hardening its eastern flank

06/03/22 Why is Russia putting more missiles in the Kaliningrad exclave?

03-01-2022 Situation map
Current KYIV BORYSPIL INT'L AIRPORT (BORYSPIL) KBP (Capital City of Ukraine) Operations
Russian warship chases off U.S. submarine near Pacific islands, Moscow says

Ukrainian soldiers drill urban warfare scenario in deserted Chernobyl town 02/04/22

More Russian forces mass near border, but still not ready to attack: Ukraine 02/03/22

Nord Stream 2: how Putin's pipeline paralysed the west 12/23/21

Russia sends troops to Belarus for war games 01/18/22

Russia's Port Problems

Map
Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Is Moscow Prepared To Invade Kyiv As Tensions Soar On Border? 11/29/21

Russia sends paratroopers to Belarus amid fears of Ukraine invasion 11/12/21

Could Turkey defend itself better against Russia than Ukraine?

Map
Military experts told us who they think would win if Russia invaded Ukraine 4/22/2021 Can a Russian submarine pass through the Baltic sea near Denmark without being detected?

Map

Ukraine's Antonov Aircraft Company
Antonov website
The Soviet Union's Failed 800 Seat Passenger Plane: The Antonov An-418
Antonov Airplanes
The Gargantuan Antonov An-225: The World's Largest Cargo Plane

China, the South China Seas, and Taiwan

News articles
South China Sea Map of military outposts
05-06-22: China security tie with Solomon Island

11-24-21: South China Sea: China issues warning against US as warship sails through Taiwan Strait
11-24-21: Philippines rejects China's demand to remove grounded navy ship
11-15-21: Vietnam construction continues at 3 South China Sea features
11-07-21: China Builds Missile Targets Shaped Like U.S. Aircraft Carrier, Destroyers in Remote Desert Map (might take a bit to load)

11-03-21: As tensions simmer over Taiwan, global semiconductor chip supply hangs in the balance
07-20-21: China Builds Military Base Dubbed 'New Great Wall' on Disputed Subi Reef in the South China Sea
06-21-21 Who are the Uyghurs and why is China being accused of genocide? Map
03-15-21 The Validity of the 9 Dash Line
12-09-20 Artificial Islands in South China Sea
01-30-19 China's military-run space station in Argentina is a 'black box' Map

War Zones

The world's 15 worst war zones Map
2022 Military Strength Ranking from Global Firepower Map
NATO Countries
Missile Maps and Data Visualizations
Nuke Destruction Map

Landscapes

Veld or veldt
Southern Africa's Highveld map

Population

Northern Hemisphere has the vast majority of the population

Why do 90% of the population live north of the equator?

Northern Hemisphere
Fitting the world's population into Texas

U.S. Population Migration

United States

Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas
U.S. Employers
Every states least favorite state
These Maps Portray the U.S. More Accurately Than Anything We Learned in School

Geology

Science Daily Geology News

Earthquakes

U.S.G.S. Latest Earthquakes
Largest Earthquake ever recorded May, 22 1960
Largest Earthquake in the U.S. March 27, 1964
2/16/21 Japanese Earthquake The Weather Network Article Japan Times Article National Geographic Article
3/11/11 Japanese Earthquake Wiki
1/26/1700 Oregon Coast Earthquake Wiki U.S.G.S. Report Early Warning for the Pacific Northwest

Gravity

Map

Meteors and Asteroids

NASA Eyes on Asteroids Interactive map
Takes a while to load, but its 3D interactive content is worth the wait!
List of impact craters on Earth
Chicxulub Wiki
Meteor Crater, Arizona Meteorite Exchange article Map

Moon

Apollo Lunar Landings (1969 - 1972) Map
Wolf Moon

Oceans

Antarctica fish breeding area discovered

Bay of Fundy Highest Tides in the World article
Map
Not to be confused with the Tallest place on earth

Kiribati

The seas are coming for us in Kiribati. Will Australia rehome us?
Our existence might be in jeopardy: How Kiribati is being swallowed by rising seas
THE WORLD FACTBOOK
The Country & Geographic Location
Map

Marianas Trench Map
What deep water port is the farthest from the sea?
Record-breaking rogue wave

What is the Sargasso Sea? All Things Nature article Wiki Map
Satellites reveal hidden features at the bottom of Earth's seas

Tsunamis

What is a tsunami?
Tsunami Warning Centers
Map
What is a meteotsunami?

Volcanos

Active volcanoes map
Anak Krakatau

Cascades

USGS article
Wiki complete list of Cascade Volcanos

Recent eruptions

Mount St. Helens - 2008
Lassen Peak - 1917
Mount Rainier - 1894
Mount Baker - 1880
Mount Hood - 1866

Most Dangerous

The Most Dangerous Volcanoes In The World
Krakatoa Popocatépetl Mount Rainier Mount Fuji Mount Vesuvius

Deadly Lakes

The Killer Lakes of Cameroon Lake Monoun - Disaster
Evolution of CO2 in Lakes Monoun and Nyos, Cameroon
Map

Largest Eruption Map
Most Active Map

La Soufrière Map
Tonga

Tungurahua Map

Water

The Earth's Water Where is Earth's Water?
Areas and Volumes of the Great Lakes

California

California Water Levels Map
California Water Resources Current Conditions
California's largest reservior

Orkney Islands

Map

Great Glen, Scotland, United Kingdom (and Loch Ness)

The Great Glen: coast to coast along Scotland’s rift valley
THE GREAT GLEN WAY
Map

Health

covid map

Covid 19

Illness Map
U.S. Influenza Map
John Hopkins Covid 19 U.S. Map

History

Aleutian Islands campaign Battle Map
Berlin Wall Perserved strip of the cold war barrier Map
Camp Century - US nuke base in the Arctic Map
Fort Pillow Massacre Map
Great Lakes Aircraft Carriers – The U.S. Navy’s Forgotten Fresh-Water Flattops
Conducted the most take offs and landings over the course of World War 2
Where they docked
Hindenburg disaster Map

Largest aircraft in the world

Simple Flying Article
The original hanger and what it is being used for today
It spent a number of years under a dome at the mouth of the Los Angeles River in Long Beach. Map
Where it is today Map

Pearl Harbor

Britannica Article
History.com Article Map
Radar site that detected the Japanese inbound planes Map
Map that shows why it was thought that the planes could be coming from the "states"

7 wonders