A couple of weeks ago Slate honored Bob Dylan's 72nd birthday with an
interactive map of every place mentioned in one of his songs.
Many musicians would show a pattern based on where they are from. In Dylan's case the only pattern is the unusually high number of points in northern Minnesota. However, there are also lots of points in New Mexico, where he sometimes pretended to be from.
From the text on the web page:
Bob Dylan’s music, it’s often said, happens in a world of its own—where
the highway is for gamblers and you’re always 1,000 miles from home.
It’s a surreal, ethereal realm, lawless but for chance, allusion, and
rhyme.
You can pan and zoom as desired or use one of their choices at the bottom- World, U.S., Europe, Asia, NYC or New Orleans.
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