Maps
Here are a couple of interesting maps.
- http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/
This one sent to me by Hemanshu shows the 2004 US presidential election result maps with an twist. The maps have been skewed by their weight (according to population) into a cartogram. It is a much better way of presenting numerical data in graphical form. - http://www.forbes.com/static_html/bill/2005/bill05distmap.shtml
Forbes zoomable map of the location of billionaires. The feature on billionaires makes interesting reading.