A method and system for discovering locations of interesting photographs. The method includes receiving a geographic location and retrieving at least one portion of a map associated with the geographic location. The at least one portion of the map associated with the geographic location is displayed. A plurality of photographs tagged with the geographic location are asynchronously retrieved. The retrieved photographs are ranked based on interestingness of the retrieved photographs. The method further comprises dynamically propagating the at least one portion of the map with markers identifying locations of highest ranking photographs within the geographic location and indicating one or more photographic hotspots based on the propagated markers.