Championships Economics Health Games Geography History Olympics Politics Sports Music
#23 FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF DYNAMICS
2022 — How often the first round of the NBA and NHL playoffs have upsets, sweeps, and game 7s.
Sports
#22 TRACKING COVID-19 IN BALTIMORE AND MARYLAND
2021 — COVID-19 data updated daily.
Health Geography
#21 COVID-19 IN BALTIMORE AND MARYLAND
2020 — Per capita positive test rates by zip codes in Maryland.
Health Geography
#20 CROSS COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL ROADTRIP
2020 — A look at the top rock music festivals in the US.
Music Geography
#19 CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR
2019 — How well MLB teams performed after a certain date in 2019.
Sports
#18 METRO RIVALRIES
2018 — Which metro areas have faced each other most often in a championship game.
Championships Sports
#17 RESTORING FAITH TO THE CAPITAL
2017 — How long it's been since a professional sports team from Washington, D.C. made the finals and won the championship.
Championships Sports
#16 HOW MARRIAGE AFFECTS TAXES
2017 — How different will your typical income tax be if you're married? It's not always a tax benefit to be married.
Economics
#15 SUPER BOWL SQUARES
2017 — Looking at relevant football games (all Super Bowls and 2016 season games), what can we learn about which squares are the most likely to hit?
Games
#14 PART II: ATLANTIC JOURNEY
2017 — A look at how the Atlantic Ocean connects to the Great Lakes and the important locks and cities along the way.
Geography History
#14 PART I: THE GREAT LAKESHORES
2017 — Click on lakes to see which states have lakeshore access, or click on states to see which lakes they have lakeshore access to.
Geography History
#13, UPDATED: ALL TIED AT 113
2017 — A look at the schools that have won the most NCAA championships. As of May 22, 2017, UCLA and Stanford are tied for the most with 113 each!
Championships
#13 41 YEARS AND COUNTING
2016 — A look at the schools that have won the most NCAA championships. This includes Stanford, who has won at least one title each of the last 41 years!
Championships
#12 THE ANATOMY OF TOP RUSHING PERFORMANCES
2016 — Breaking down the top recent NCAA and NFL rushing performances by carry to figure out what it takes to put together a big rushing day.
Sports
#11 WHICH MLB TEAM TO ROOT FOR THIS OCTOBER
2016 — A look at the sports histories of the metros represented in the 2016 MLB semifinals: Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Toronto.
Sports Championships
#10 PART III: WHERE WE LIVE
2016 — Maps and treemaps that shown the distribution of U.S. population across cities and metropolitan areas.
Geography
#10 PART II: COASTING ALONG
2016 — How many people live in states that border either the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean? How many people live in counties that border a major body of water?
Geography
#10 PART I: IT'S ABOUT TIME
2016 — This shows the U.S. broken down into different time zones (Eastern, Central, etc.) and shows what percentage of the population lives in each zone.
Geography
#9 ROSES ARE THESE STATES, VIOLETS ARE THOSE
2016 — How have U.S. states voted in each presidential election from 1964 to 2012? Which states are definitely red, and and which states are definitely blue?
Politics History
#8 SUMMER OLYMPICS TRIVIA
2016 — Which country holds the longest current streak for winning a gold medal in the same sport for the most consecutive Summer Olympics? Answered here.
Olympics
#7 TRACKING THE US FIELD IN ATHLETICS
2016 — This visualization shows all the U.S. medal winners in Athletics at the Summer Olympics, 1896-2016. In particular, it shows off surprises in Rio.
Olympics
#6 KEEPING MEDALS ON THE SAME SOIL
2016 — Which Summer Olympics sports are dominated by certain countries? Look up a sport or event to see how often a country has won gold or any medal.
Olympics
#5 ALL THE SILVER (AND GOLD AND BRONZE) LADIES
2016 — A look at which countries have a greater ratio of female-to-male Summer Olympics medal winners than others. The data spans 1896-2012.
Olympics
#4 WE'RE GONNA ELECT LIKE IT'S 1824
2016 — A look at how qualified Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are compared to the 44 Presidents prior, whose prior experience is listed and categorized.
Politics History
#3 FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM: MLB HALL OF FAME EDITION
2016 — A look at the 36 Hall of Fame players signed to teams since 1965, when the Major League Baseball Draft began. Why do Griffey and Piazza stand out?
Sports
#2 THE GOLF STARS DON'T ALWAYS ALIGN
2016 — The 2016 British Open was strange for a major golf tournament: 3rd place finished 11 strokes behind the runner-up. Let's compare to other finishes.
Sports Championships
#1 ROMNEY'S VP ANNOUNCEMENT SPEECH VS. TRUMP'S
2016 — Differences between the Republican VP announcement speeches in 2012 (Mitt Romney for Paul Ryan) versus 2016 (Donald Trump for Mike Pence).
Politics