Alternate Timelines

All Scenarios

Browse all alternate history scenarios across different time periods and regions.

What If Zurich Implemented Different Financial Regulations?

Exploring the alternate timeline where Switzerland and specifically Zurich adopted more transparent banking regulations in the 1930s, dramatically altering the global financial landscape and Switzerland's role in it.

What If New Orleans Had Implemented Comprehensive Hurricane Protection Before Katrina?

Exploring how New Orleans might have developed if it had implemented the comprehensive hurricane protection and coastal restoration plans proposed in the 1990s, potentially averting the catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina.

What If Detroit Had Avoided Bankruptcy Through Regional Cooperation?

Exploring how Detroit might have developed if it had established a regional revenue sharing and governance system in the 1990s, preventing its 2013 bankruptcy and creating a more equitable metropolitan region.

What If Minneapolis Had Reimagined Public Safety a Decade Before 2020?

Exploring how Minneapolis might have developed if it had implemented comprehensive public safety reforms and community-led alternatives to traditional policing in 2010 rather than after the events of 2020.

What If the Mongols Had Conquered Europe?

Exploring how European and world history would have unfolded if the Mongol Empire had extended its conquests throughout Europe in the 13th century.

What If the Spanish Armada Defeated England?

Exploring how European history would have unfolded if Spain's Armada had successfully invaded England in 1588, overthrowing Elizabeth I and restoring Catholicism.