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Cars

Police Find Swarm of Bees Intentionally Placed in Car’s Trunk

Tao Tao Holmes June 21, 2016

The current building on Bedford Avenue. Photo:

Brooklyn, New York

Studebaker Building

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

Country Club Plaza

Kansas City, Missouri

Country Club Plaza

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

How a Hotel in Chicago Convinced Drivers They Needed Parking Garages

In the 1910s, city stables were replaced by a hot new amenity.

Sarah Laskow June 10, 2016

The First Woman to Drive Around the World Wore Men’s Breeches and Had a Pet Monkey

Aloha Wanderwell was the Amelia Earhart of the automobile.

Lauren Young June 3, 2016

An early flying machine.

Owls Head, Maine

Owls Head Transportation Museum

Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.

Vintage gas pumps

Embudo, New Mexico

Johnnie Meier Classical Gas Museum

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

How To Drive A Six-Ton Potato Without Causing A Five-Car Mashup

We talk to the man behind the wheel of the Big Idaho Potato Truck.

Eric Grundhauser April 27, 2016

Found: A Ferrari Stolen Over 28 Years Ago

It still has only 45,000 miles on it.

Sarah Laskow April 16, 2016

Permanently Closed

An image of the garage.

Mountain View, California

Waymo Self-Driving Car Garage

A fleet of automotive automatons sleep in this otherwise unremarkable urban garage.

Found: 30,000 Cars in One House

One man's collection included teeny models and full-sized classic cars.

Sarah Laskow March 21, 2016

Found: A Car on a Hot Stone Roof

How did it get there?

Sarah Laskow March 2, 2016

America's Massive New Transportation Infrastructure System is Hiding in Plain Sight

Sarah Laskow February 23, 2016

What's a 1956 General Motors Ad Doing in 'The Stepford Wives' And Super Mario?

Rose Eveleth February 9, 2016

The First Cross-Country Road Trip Took 2 Men and a Pitbull 63 Days

Sarah Laskow January 22, 2016

A limo atop an ice cream truck.

Goldfield, Nevada

International Car Forest of the Last Church

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

Leggett, California

Chandelier Tree

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Fleeting Wonders: New World Records for Parallel Parking and Roundabouts

Tao Tao Holmes November 13, 2015