As a directionally-challenged person, I rarely go anywhere without carefully mapping out my route first. I wanted to create a map that depicted alternative way to travel and recall directions. My inspiration, oddly enough, came from the folktale Hansel and Gretel. In the story, the two children travel through the forest, leaving a trail of breadcrumbs to find their way back to their home. To modernize this idea, I replaced perishable breadcrumbs with digital photographs. I set off on a forty-five minute journey to Stella's Diner with my camera and a keen eye. I photographed points-of-interest, or things I felt like I would remember while journeying back home. I took a difficult route on purpose, so that I could discover new places along the way. Like many of the maps in "You Are Here", this map does not place importance on traditional qualifications. Street names are not included because they are unnecessary to the concept of the map. The images do not need description because they aren't meant to be defined, but rather, remembered visually as markers of the journey. Their only definition is given by the key, which indicates its general categorical description, such as house, business, etc. In his book, Monmonier discusses that a map-viewer can be easily mislead due to mistakes and confusion within the map structure. Therefore, I decided to use the color-coding system to clarify the hot-spots on my map. The categories in the key serve two purposes: 1) the progression of what I was drawn to, and 2) to show what kind of street it is, (more homes, it's clearly a neighborhood street). The colored boxes still remain representational, only accessed if the visitor wishes to peer into them. Breadcrumb Trail takes the viewer on a pictorial journey, allowing them entrance into many cabinets of wonder.