2025 - 2026

Ghost towns are places with visible infrastructure but no residents, usually as a result of economic decline or natural disaster. Visit the Clark Library to explore our collection of cartographic materials that showcase ghost towns, ruins, and other abandoned and destroyed locations around the world, including some that were rebuilt. We'll have on display maps of mining camps in the West, archaeological charts of ancient ruins in Mexico, and more.

 Explore Detroit through maps and other cartographic materials at the Clark Library. Celebrate the rich history of the Motor City and peruse everything from detailed Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps from the early 20th century to tourist maps; from pictorial maps to the 1950 master plan of the city. See if you can spot your favorite places to visit or discover new treasures, and try your hand at drawing a map of Detroit yourself!

All aboard! The development of railways has had an enormous impact on the ways people lived from the 19th and 20th centuries to the present. Visit Clark Library to view our extensive collection of railway maps and explore how American and international railways shaped history and geography, and how these railways have changed over time.