The website and book Sad Topographies teaches us that our planet is home to some unusually-named places, like Gloomy Lake in Ontario, Divorce Beach in Mexico, New Jersey’s Shades of Death Road (!) and a spot in Washington state known as Point No Point. Plus: the annual World Santa Claus Congress is getting underway in Denmark. Watch for some serious Santa-to-Santa networking.
21 Of The Saddest Places On Earth From Instagram’s sadtopographies (Brilliant Maps)
Shades of Death Road (Weird NJ)
Washington State’s bummer place names, mapped (Curbed Seattle)