The Bad Astronomy blog has a cool link to a picture from Earth Science Picture of the Day that shows the paths of solar eclipses over the last two thousand years.
You can click on the picture to get a larger view; it is much more impressive big, so do it!
Also, he mentions that the next total solar eclipse is August 1st, 2008 and starts in the far north of Canada. The Agile 2008 conference is in Toronto and starts on August 4th. Hmmmm... Wouldn't that be a sweet trip: go see the beginnings of the solar eclipse in way northern Canada, then travel down to Toronto for the conference. Probably won't happen for me, but still a cool dream.