Airplanes

The Grand Canyon’s original airport, which once welcomed pilots like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, lies abandoned.

The remnants of a 1970 plane crash remain high in the Rocky Mountains.

A monument commemorating the lives lost when a plane crashed into Mount Macedon in 1948.

Though it looks like a golf ball teed up for a hit, this hilltop station is actually used to monitor air traffic.

In 1927, a biplane disappeared while attempting to complete the first non-stop transatlantic flight between Paris and New York City. This memorial stands at the last place it was seen.

Atop this electronic store resides a massive fighter jet.

A granite plane marks the site where a French aviator completed the first airplane flight across the English channel.

A surviving concrete arrow from a 1920s navigational network is preserved right off a modern freeway.

This massive piece of aviation history calls this residential neighborhood home.

The departure point for the first return flight across the Atlantic.

A giant glider—designed by the father of the Rubik's Cube's designer—now soars within a shopping mall.

For nearly 50 years this airplane that crashed during World War II remained missing in the remote Australian backcountry.

This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.

This aluminum airplane pays homage to the Flying Tigers of World War II.

With only one flight in and out a week, the unfenced runway at this small island's airport transforms into a seaside park for locals and visitors.