Such maps can also help us see the past and present with fresh eyes. For example, any alternate history is not simply a point of divergence, followed by seat-of-the-pants conjecture.

For players looking to experience history as it never was, here are the best alternate history games to enjoy that ask the ...

In his “Alternate Histories” series of prints, Matthew Bucholz takes the bygone years of American history and peppers them with marauding kaiju, alien conquerors, and frontier dinosaurs. Here ...

Breaking the norm. Arkane's alternate history grew from a desire to break away from space-disaster norms. "We didn't want to do any kind of installation that was military or government," Ricardo ...

Sure, we haven’t met any aliens yet in our timeline (or they’re being very discreet about close encounters), but alternate history authors won’t let that stop them. First contact isn’t ...

I am simply not smart or well-read enough to dissect every dermal layer of genius in this Alternate History of Chinese Science Fiction… a “What If?” style post in which a universe of ...

Or take the following delightful example of a map in search of a history. This is an alternate vision of the Americas made by high school student Anna Calcaterra, where she extended Texas all the ...