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An Atlas with Everything
Fact Monster
If you love social studies and are looking for a detailed site about geography, look here. In the atlas, you can click on a place and it gives you cities in that location. It also has state maps, country profiles, geography games and other geography information.Recommended by Bryan Geter

Country and World Maps
Atlapedia
Visit this site for the most wonderful maps you could hope for while doing a project! It's perfect for research papers because besides maps, it gives information about countries, including the people and history.Recommended by Pavitra Viswanathan

Easy-to-Find Maps
National Geographic: Maps and Geography
This site contains all types of maps including reference maps, globes, atlases, topographic maps, recreation maps, printer-friendly maps and more. It's very helpful because if you are looking for a map, all your have to do is type a location, select a map type and hit Go.Recommended by Zack Dale

Maps for Everything
University of Texas Libraries
If you want to see lots and lots of maps of any place in the world, this is a great site. There are links to maps of cities, regions, countries and the world. It also has special maps showing ethnic group distribution, terrain, places in the news and lots more.Recommended by Martin Jacobs

Protected Places
World Heritage Committee
Do you know what a World Heritage Site is? Log on, and find out now! You'll learn all about protected natural and cultural sites all over the world. Soon, you'll be able to chat with kids from other countries to learn about their homelands!Recommended by Daniel Bonner

The Scoop on the States
The U.S. 50
This site lets you travel to all 50 states without having to fly, drive or take a bus or train. If you need to do a report on a state, go to this site to learn about places to visit, history, famous people from the state and more. You can also learn cool facts, like Utah is known as "the Beehive State."Recommended by Aliza Sessler