John Krygier, Associate Professor of Geography at Ohio Wesleyan and co-author of the fantastic book on making maps called, oddly enough, Making Maps: A Visual Guide To Map Design For GIS, has recently revived his blog on the same topic at this link. Worth adding to your reading list if you’re interested in what makes a good map.
"This site" searches Free Geography Tools; "Web" searches the Internet using Google.
try http://cool-maps.blogspot.com or http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/ for more maps