Aviation

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

A lonely stone-sided terminal stands next to a grass airstrip on Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula.

This memorial to the Mercury Seven astronaut stands at the site of his former elementary school.

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

The rusting relics of Southampton's former luxurious flying boat industry.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

Peek inside restored planes at this off-the-beaten-path collection of aviation archaeology.

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

This beacon for pre-radar pilots once guided Charles Lindbergh to a safe touchdown in Tulsa.

The world's only bushplane museum captures the spirit of the early planes and pilots and their contributions to northern life in Canada.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.