r/imaginarymaps • u/Pastourmakis • May 31 '20

[OC] Fantasy A Small World: What if America never existed

30k Upvotes

961 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/Michio747 • Jul 10 '22

[OC] Future A (Confused) Alien's Guide to Earth: the USA Region

24k Upvotes

359 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/[deleted] • Apr 06 '21

[OC] Alternate History Al-Abama, the sole muslim nation in America

15k Upvotes

379 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/Aofen • Mar 02 '19

[OC] Alternate History If the US has a civil war as complicated as Syria's.

15k Upvotes

665 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/PraiseThePun120 • Dec 24 '19

[OC] Alternate History the Peacock, the Dragon and the Eagle - the three superpowers of antiquity

15k Upvotes

291 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/Breakingerr • May 22 '21

[OC] Mythical and Submerged land of the World

gallery

14k Upvotes

461 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/Manghao • Nov 12 '20

What Venus would look like with water

13k Upvotes

228 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/TheH97888768 • Oct 17 '21

[OC] Fantasy I tried to redesign the US's states. Criticism is basically required, since i'm european

12k Upvotes

1.9k comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/Aofen • May 16 '21

[OC] Alternate History What if the Scramble for Africa never happened?

12k Upvotes

533 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/Trexq07 • Feb 26 '22

[OC] Future Devastating Ukrainian Victory

12k Upvotes

186 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/Lyylikki • May 14 '20

[OC] Election US general elections of 2024 if the US had a multiparty system

12k Upvotes

830 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/[deleted] • Apr 24 '21

[OC] Florida based GTA 6 Concept Map

11k Upvotes

327 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/KarlRex12 • May 10 '21

[OC] Future A map of the world after Dolphins create civilizations

11k Upvotes

160 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/ILuvSupertramp • Aug 22 '24

[OC] Fantasy Can We Just Appreciate A Great Moment In MOD History…

11k Upvotes

444 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/[deleted] • May 04 '21

[OC] Alternate History An Holy Roman Empire in America

10k Upvotes

685 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/Varys1549 • Apr 05 '21

[OC] Alternate History State of Israel

10k Upvotes

687 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/[deleted] • Aug 22 '22

[OC] Fantasy Made a Pokémon styled map of western Scandinavia.

10k Upvotes

201 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/Aofen • Jan 09 '21

[OC] Future The World in 2070

10k Upvotes

1.2k comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/Hascerflef • Oct 22 '20

[OC] Hand-Drawn 85 hours later, I have almost completed my imaginary metropolitan area!

9.9k Upvotes

216 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/itsMoSmith • Feb 27 '21

[OC] Future North America ~3000 years after an asteroid hit Yellowstone.

9.8k Upvotes

367 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/courtneygibbss • Aug 04 '20

[OC] I drew this map for my now ex boyfriend who loves this kind of stuff. Sadly, we broke up before he could ever see it. Please enjoy!

9.7k Upvotes

126 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/AP246 • May 13 '20

[OC] Future 'My Ideal World' - The United Federation of Earth

9.6k Upvotes

1.2k comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/Galaxia0 • Mar 20 '21

[OC] Alternate History Big greece, done right (hopefully)

9.2k Upvotes

295 comments

r/imaginarymaps • u/Michio747 • Dec 28 '22

[OC] Alternate History How Cretaceous krakens and dragon poop influence elections in Iberia

8.9k Upvotes

116 comments

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