The commies were ready to take over Central Park. A trove of secret, highly-detailed Soviet maps from the early 1980s shows street level views of New York, Washington, D.C., and other major cities — ...

South Ferry, Liberty Island, Brooklyn, and Staten Island, and Jersey City on a Soviet-era map dating back to 1982. Image via Wired With its final days almost 25 years passed (though historians ...

During the Cold War, the Soviet military mapped the entire world. This secret program was one of the most ambitious mapping efforts ever undertaken, and it produced thousands—perhaps even millions—of ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Spy maps of Britain compiled by the Soviet Union during the Cold War contain such a wealth of information that a digital mapping firm has bought them for use by property developers.

Who knows what dictators are up to behind closed doors (and iron curtains). For example, the Soviet Union mapped the world’s roads, typography, and, in some cases, the depth of rivers and density of ...

A recently arrived family of immigrants from the Soviet Union refused to accept an apartment in Acre, a city on Haifa Bay, because they were convinced it was outside Israel’s borders, Ma’ariv reported ...

THE Soviets were so convinced they would take over that they launched a covert project to ensure their future rule. Military personnel produced intricate maps of major cities around the world — ...

Picture a city where nearly 100,000 people live, work, raise families, and grow old. Now imagine that for almost half a century, this place simply didn't exist. Not on any map, not in any census, not ...

Our crack team of tourism officials is always looking for ways to lure tourists to South Florida, so naturally they’re willing to consider innovative tourism strategies from any source. Political ...