Assorted Links

1. 1955 Map with No-Go Zones for Soviet Travelers in the U.S. (via The Map Room)
   
   
2. Abandoned Star Wars Sets
   
   
3. Travel in London Report 5 - 2012 (via David Metz)
   
   
4. Guardian university league table 2014
   
   
5. Braveness
   
   
6. How Long Are Songs? 
   
   
7. A Global City Mash-Up
   
   
8. Puzzling Brazilian city names - one in every nine Brazilian municipalities is named after a Catholic saint (e.g. São Paulo). By the way, Brazil has over 5,565 municipalities.  (via @scharlab)