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Wiesloch, Germany
Stadtapotheke Wiesloch
This inconspicuous pharmacy went down in history as the first gas station in the world after fueling the first road trip ever taken.
Erie, Pennsylvania
Schaefer's Auto Art
A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.
Pergamino, Argentina
Casa Auto
A father built this one-of-a-kind house in the shape of his son's race car.
Italy
NardĂ² Ring
This high-speed test track is popular with car manufacturers, speed freaks and orbiting astronauts.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
The BMW
A dramatic art installation features a BMW flying out of a building in Rotterdam.
Chicago, Illinois
Concrete Traffic
An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.
Detroit, Michigan
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.
Järva-Jaani, Estonia
Museum of Soviet Vehicles
Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.
architecture
Why There's No Place Quite Like the American Garage
The garage is a symbol of suburbia, a site of rebellion, and a very strange room.
Langrick, England
The Bubblecar Museum
A working farm turned into a museum dedicated to the world's most unbelievably tiny cars.
Catoosa, Oklahoma
D.W. Correll Museum
It reportedly took three years to sort through all the objects in this eclectic lifelong collection.
Oakland, California
Kaiser Quarry Ruins
An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
reCARstruction
A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.
Roscoe, Illinois
Historic Auto Attractions
This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Auto Hawk
A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.
cars
Driving a Muffin Car Is Fun (and Slightly Dangerous)
For 14 years, "Muffineers" have built movable treats.
Weybridge, England
Brooklands Racetrack Remains
The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.
Qatar
Al Wukair Scrapyard
Some 20,000 dust-covered unwanted vehicles languish in the desert.
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