Gorgeous Vintage Floodplain Maps That Look Like Modern Art Harold Fisk's maps of Mississippi River flooding over time, made in 1944, are stunningly artful data visualizations.

In 1758, the French ethnographer Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz published The History of Louisiana, in which he wrote that the Mississippi River’s name meant “the ancient father of rivers.” ...

but this system is deteriorating and threatens U.S. agriculture’s leading global position. Luckily some much-needed investments are in process, such as the Mississippi River Ship Channel ...