In one of the hotels we stayed at, the owner had a huge world map with a black push pin for every place he’d been. It was beautiful – so I tried to recreate it digitally for my own travels.

This is the fifth or so attempt. Turns out when you cluster black digital push pins, it quickly turns into an inkblot test, and I couldn’t get it to look good on a 2D map. So I did what every good developer does and overengineered the solution into a 3D globe.

Photos are coming whenever I get around to organizing a few decades of photos.

Ironically, I can’t remember where that hotel was. So the pin that started this whole thing is missing from the map. Oida!

See all 192 places as a list, by country

• Antigua and Barbuda (1): St. John's
• Austria (31): Baden, Bodensdorf, Donau-Auen National Park, Hauereck, Hohe Wand, Innsbruck, Kahlenberg, Kaprun, Klagenfurt, Klosterneuburg, Krems an der Donau, Laa an der Thaya, Laxenburg, Loibl Pass, Maltschacher See, Melk, Neustift im Stubaital, Ossiacher See, Petronell-Carnuntum, Petzen, Pirkdorf, Salzburg, Seeberg Saddle, Sekirn, Semmering, Stubai Glacier, Thal, Vienna, Villach, Wurzen Pass, Wörthersee
• Bahamas (1): Nassau
• Canada (2): Montreal, Toronto
• Costa Rica (1): Los Guido
• Croatia (3): Donja Stubica, Jezerčica, Zagreb
• Czechia (2): Olomouc, Prague
• Germany (2): Friedrichshafen, Lake Constance
• Hungary (7): Budapest, Eger, Fertőd, Győr, Sopron, Szeged, Vác
• Italy (13): Assisi, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Dobbiaco, Florence, Lido di Jesolo, Orvieto, Rome, San Gimignano, Santa Severa, Tarvisio, Trieste, Venice, Verona
• Japan (2): Kyoto, Tokyo
• Liechtenstein (1): Vaduz
• Poland (2): Krakow, Wadowice
• Puerto Rico (1): San Juan
• Romania (5): Oradea, Sibiu, Sighișoara, Transfăgărășan, Turda
• Slovakia (1): Bratislava
• Slovenia (10): Ankaran, Koper, Kranj, Lake Bled, Ljubljana, Maribor, Piran, Postojna, Ptuj, Škofja Loka
• Switzerland (1): St. Gallen
• United States (103)
  • California: Hermosa Beach, Laguna Niguel, Los Angeles, Newport Beach, Rancho Santa Margarita, Redondo Beach, San Diego
  • Delaware: Bethany Beach, Dewey Beach, Lewes, Rehoboth Beach
  • Florida: Cape Canaveral, Clearwater, Coral Gables, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Marco Island, Melbourne, Miami, Miami Beach, Naples, Orlando, Sebastian, South Beach, Vero Beach
  • Illinois: Chicago
  • Indiana: South Bend
  • Iowa: Mason City, Sheffield
  • Kansas: Larned
  • Louisiana: Avery Island, New Orleans
  • Maryland: Annapolis, Aspen Hill, Baltimore, Beltsville, Bethesda, Clarksburg, College Park, Columbia, Cumberland, Deale, Deep Creek Lake, Frederick, Frostburg, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Greenbelt, Hagerstown, Leisure World, Montgomery Village, Ocean City, Olney, Potomac, Rockville, Silver Spring, Towson, Wheaton
  • Massachusetts: Boston
  • Michigan: Adrian, Ann Arbor
  • Nevada: Las Vegas, Laughlin
  • New Jersey: Atlantic City, Cherry Hill, Monmouth, Ocean City
  • New Mexico: Socorro
  • New York: Deer Park, New York City
  • North Carolina: Corolla, Greensboro, Hatteras, Raleigh
  • Ohio: Toledo
  • Pennsylvania: Elizabethtown, Harrisburg, Hershey, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
  • South Carolina: Charleston
  • Tennessee: Nashville
  • Virginia: Alexandria, Arlington, Blacksburg, Charlottesville, Christiansburg, Fredericksburg, Manassas, McLean, Richmond, Roanoke, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, Winchester
  • Washington, DC: Georgetown, Washington
  • West Virginia: Davis, Ghent, Harpers Ferry
• US Virgin Islands (2): Saint John, Saint Thomas
• Vatican City (1): Vatican City