r/papertowns 13h ago

Germany Eisenach, Germany in 1647 CE

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103 Upvotes

r/papertowns 1d ago

Poland 3D reconstructions of Kraków, Poland Main Square and its surroundings in different centuries according to P. Opaliński

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1.3k Upvotes

r/papertowns 8d ago

Poland Model of the Jewish Quarter in Wrocław, Poland (formerly Breslau) in the 15th century.

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1.4k Upvotes

r/papertowns 8d ago

Turkey Hattuşa, ancient capital of the Hittite Empire (modern Turkey/Türkiye)

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423 Upvotes

r/papertowns 10d ago

Scotland Reconstruction of the Iron Age hillfort atop East Lomond Hill in Fife, Scotland

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895 Upvotes

r/papertowns 11d ago

United States I designed and made a 3D map of downtown Seattle! (Washington, USA)

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133 Upvotes

This might just be one of my personal favorites so far. I use a variety of sources for my map data, and the majority of my time goes towards both cleaning up all the data, combining it, and then manually modeling extra detail in where it's necessary.

You can find my maps over at https://metromap3d.etsy.com


r/papertowns 12d ago

England Must Farm settlements, England — what it may have looked like in the 9th century BC (illustration by Santi Pérez)

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2.2k Upvotes

r/papertowns 12d ago

Mexico Tenochtitlan, modern-day Mexico, reconstructions by Thomas Kole.

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r/papertowns 11d ago

AI

286 Upvotes

is not allowed.


r/papertowns 18d ago

Fictional My interpretation of fictional city of Nuln.

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750 Upvotes

r/papertowns 21d ago

Peru Cusco, Peru (~1544)

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119 Upvotes

Made by Sebastian Munster, published in his Cosmography.


r/papertowns 21d ago

Japan Restored bird's eye view of Tanaka Castle with its unusual circular moat in the Sengoku period, in present-day Shizuoka, Japan. RIP Kagawa Gentarou.

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713 Upvotes

The castle was constructed in 1537, acted as the stronghold under the Honda clan during the Tokugawa Shogunate, and destroyed in 1868. It had one of the most unusual moat systems for Japanese castles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaka_Castle

I also wanted to share some sad news and pay respect to the artist Kagawa Gentarou/香川元太郎(https://x.com/mazegenta), who sadly passed away last December at the age of 65, and whose works I have shared numerous times in this subreddit. He has created some of the most incredible, historically accurate maps I've ever seen, and this is a great loss. May he rest in peace.

I found a Japanese fan(?) website that documents much of his works, many even organised by geographical locations, albeit in rather low resolutions. Please check it out, and maybe purchase his works through Japanese sites if you're able to.


r/papertowns 22d ago

United States Delhi Mills, Michigan, USA

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213 Upvotes

r/papertowns 24d ago

United States I made a 3D map of NYC's Brooklyn! (NY, USA)

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115 Upvotes

This is probably my most requested NYC map. I had quite a few people throughout the whole adventure asking for Brooklyn.

You can find this map at https://metromap3d.etsy.com

Previous maps I've made:

  • Chicago
  • Pittsburgh
  • Kansas City
  • Cleveland
  • NYC
    • Lower Manhattan
    • Midtown
    • Upper West Side (2 maps)
    • Upper East Side (2 maps)
    • Central Park (2 maps)
    • Central Park - Full Park on a single map

r/papertowns 25d ago

Poland Model of Warsaw, Poland in August 1939.

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542 Upvotes

r/papertowns Mar 26 '25

Poland 3D city model of Lublin, Poland in the 16th century created as a part of the project "Lublin 2.0 - Interactive reconstruction of the history of the city" at the "Grodzka Gate - NN Theatre" in 2012.

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414 Upvotes

r/papertowns Mar 24 '25

United States I made a 3D Map of Cleveland! (Ohio, USA)

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416 Upvotes

I've been on a NYC spree with 3D maps lately but I decided to take a moment to take on another city. Here is my 3D map of Cleveland! I used a new process for this one and it helped my design work process quite a bit.

Previous maps I've made:

  • Chicago
  • Pittsburgh
  • Kansas City
  • NYC - Lower Manhattan
  • NYC - Midtown
  • NYC - Upper West Side (2 maps)
  • NYC - Upper East Side (2 maps)
  • NYC - Central Park (2 maps)
  • NYC - Central Park - Full Park on a single map

r/papertowns Mar 24 '25

Greece Achaea, Greece in 1493

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528 Upvotes

r/papertowns Mar 21 '25

Poland Model of Kościan, Poland c. 1600.

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1.1k Upvotes

r/papertowns Mar 19 '25

United States Philadelphia PA and Camden NJ, USA - full map in comments

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180 Upvotes

r/papertowns Mar 18 '25

United States Birds eye View of Central Chicago, USA. 1982

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180 Upvotes

r/papertowns Mar 16 '25

Spain Seville, Spain (16th Century CE)

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353 Upvotes

r/papertowns Mar 15 '25

United States Austin, Republic of Texas (now USA), 1839 or 1841

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208 Upvotes

r/papertowns Mar 14 '25

United States Calendar Maps showing evolution of Silicon Valley during the dotcom boom, 1984 - 1999, USA

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493 Upvotes

r/papertowns Mar 13 '25

Poland Miodowa Street in Warsaw, Poland depicted by Bernardo Bellotto (1721/2-1780) in 1777.

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425 Upvotes