This blog post goes out to all of my fel­low his­tory buffs.

I love fun ways of dis­play­ing data and infor­ma­tion, and while research­ing this month’s blog topic, Information Graphics, I found a trea­sure trove of cool visual time­line maps on History Shots.

Each map dis­plays its data in a way that is aes­thet­i­cally pleas­ing and frankly, pretty darn fun. There’s a lit­tle some­thing for every­one in their web store, whether you’re into music or space travel.

Take a look at a few of my favorites below:

If you were into the space race, or wanted to be an astro­naut grow­ing up:

The his­tory of major ball­parks is avail­able for your favorite sports junkie:

The ENTIRE geneal­ogy of Rock n’ Roll, from the very beginning:

And for all of you out there who love sea crea­tures, there is a chart dis­play­ing where you can find out where the whales are partying: