Every road in America, searched by the theme:

Vatican Sites

We searched every named street in America for Vatican Sites. 28 names turned up. A rare one we found is Transfiguration Avenue in Montgomery County, PA.

1424 roads in 46 states are named after Vatican Sites

Maryland is the densest

States have a different total number of roads, so we compare by a percent of roads.

1 out of every 2,193 roads in Maryland resonates with this theme.

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Each dot is one county, sized by how many of its roads resonate with the theme. A small dot is a handful; a big one is hundreds.

Sizes are relative to this search: the biggest dot is this theme's busiest county, so a big dot here and a big dot in another theme are not the same number.

One of just 2 streets called St. Peter Lane

St. Peter's Basilica · possibly named for St. Peter's

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 3 streets called Sistine Chapel Drive

Sistine Chapel

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 2 streets called West Saint Martha's Lane

Domus Sanctae Marthae · possibly named for Saint Martha's House

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Transfiguration Avenue in America

Transfiguration (Raphael)

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Vatican Hill Drive in America

Vatican Hill

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Virgin Mary Road in America

Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary · possibly named for consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Holy See in America

Holy See Press Office

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Chapel of Light in America

Chapel of Saint Sebastian

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only San Pellegrino Place in America

San Pellegrino in Vaticano

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 2 streets called San Francesco Avenue

San Francesco al Prato Resurrection

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

2 streets exist only in Harris County, TX

Holy See

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Every name in the theme was counted against every other named road in the country. These appear exactly once: tap a thumbnail to walk them.

The county shown here holds the most of singular roads. Somebody named these roads, and nobody anywhere copied.

Most popular: Saint Peter's

96 roads 51 counties ~3.5M views last year

St. Peter's Basilica

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Sistine Chapel Drive

3 roads 2 counties ~2.6M views last year

Sistine Chapel

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Transfiguration Avenue

1 road 1 county ~195.4k views last year

Transfiguration (Raphael)

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Vatican Hill Drive

1 road 1 county ~115k views last year

Vatican Hill

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Governor's Row

47 roads 20 counties ~8.7k views last year

Governor's Palace, Vatican

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Holy See

1 road 1 county ~12.8k views last year

Holy See Press Office

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Belvedere

909 roads 268 counties ~50.4k views last year

Cortile del Belvedere

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

all but the most common: all the streets, minus the most common roads in the country. This lets us see the 'long tail' of interesting roads in the country.