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I went and priced out the closest things to a Local Pins map — Etsy's My Maps sellers and TripIt's Pro subscription. Here's what each one actually gets you, not just what it costs.

The voice behind Local Pins introduces herself, and explains — plainly — how a map gets made and why the free sample is the only proof that matters.

Eight Tokyo landmarks worth building a day around, from a temple founded in 645 to a digital art museum with hundreds of projectors.

Nine Paris cafes worth seeking out, from an 1862 institution near the opera to a specialty roaster in the 18th arrondissement.

Seven Bangkok restaurants spanning six decades of street food history and Thailand's first three-Michelin-star kitchen.

Short answer: a KMZ file is a zipped KML file, plus embedded icons. Here's what that actually means when you're opening a map.

Local Pins has a filtered map collection for France. I'll tell you straight: I picked the words, not the pins.