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Be sure to check out the lens tool. This is truly an innovation in cartographic web browsing.

While it appears to be just the LA area, this tool looks to have some promise for next generation mapping websites.

This NYTimes map allows you to explore immigration in the United States over time. It also allows you to choose a country and view data relating to that countries immigrants in the United States.

This webpage is from the folks behind geocommons finder and maker. I like this economy dashboard because it is simple and it appears to have up-to-date information (as of March 2009). The other nice aspect about geocommons in general is the access to the tabular data, and also to shapefile format for use in GIS.

Are you looking for foreign languages of the world that are in danger of extinction? UNESCO has done an extensive job of mapping and categorizing the world's languages with the aim of cultural preservation.

This web mapping site allows you to view the foreign languages spoken in all 50 states based on Census data, viewable by total, percentage, or zip code.

Do you like some of the New York Times maps and graphics? If so, you can view some of the projects here. Also, at the bottom of the page is MapShaper, which looks like it could be very useful for simplifying shapefiles for KML use.

Here are some Time/Map animations. It appears that there may be open source software from TimeMap, but that requires some further investigation.

Great interface that allows you to quickly save thumbnail images of your maps to put in an animation...great web map design.

Great source for historic census and religion data that you can view over time and create time-based animations.

Do you have the specific link to mapping of religions?

Historic maps, multiple viewing options, some available for download, I like the timeviewer where you can view maps through time.

Great historic maps website with multiple viewing options.

The Spatial History Project at Stanford University, a part of the Bill Lane Center for the Study of the North American West, is made possible by the generous funding of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Where I look for mortgage related data.

Great source for mortgage related data and maps...extensive.