These are great, imo. A tad pricey, but if you have someone that's hard to buy for and can afford one, I think anyone would like it. I've listed two links because one has different, interesting categories and the other has, of all things, one for Vancouver (but no Calgary or Toronto.......hmm, NOW who is the center of the Universe?  lol) I'd love to know when Vancouver became a state, too!   I did a search and found a "Canada" on another site. I would love to have the Alabama one.

I used to make similar pillows. Embroidered by hand. I made some for old boyfriends, lol. The best one had the usual heart with initials, and other things we'd done together like Burger King, our fave fast food, The Who, we saw in concert, A couple of bicycles, since we rode together and many other things. I'd forgotten those until I saw these pillows. At the time, I was very good at crewel embroidery.....and had the patience.

http://www.needlepointpil...m/geography-pillows.html

http://www.tabulatua.com/...pt.asp?dept_id=4041&