Every road in America, filtered by a theme
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Renders every road in America, filtered by a chosen theme.
A large, growing library of themed maps across pop culture, history, geography, science, music, and more.
A browsable gallery listing themes with road counts, e.g., Simpsons Characters (10,642 roads) or Famous Poets (14,810 roads).
A 'Suggest a theme' link lets visitors propose themes that aren't yet mapped.
Browse the gallery of 1,068+ themes, from World Capitals to Pogues Songs, each showing how many roads belong to it.
View the roads in America that belong to that theme on an interactive map, presented as a story of America.
If a theme you want isn't listed, submit it via the site's suggestion link.
It's an interactive map project showing every road in America, filtered by theme — with 1,068 themes mapped so far, from World Capitals to Simpsons Characters.
1,068 themes have been mapped so far, each with a stated road count, such as Famous Geologists (17,495 roads) or Conventional Food Varieties (61,661 roads).
Yes — the site includes a 'Suggest a theme' link for requesting themes that aren't yet mapped.
The site shows no pricing information or signup requirements, so it can be browsed freely.
No — the project is explicitly about every road in America; some themes reference foreign places (like Argentine Cities or Dubai Features), but the mapped roads are American.