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Cars in the Museum.
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

Swigart Museum

The oldest automobile museum in the United States.
Parking structure and church (Photo: Matalin Patel)
Cleveland, Ohio

Church of the Holy Parking Structure

On the upper deck of this church-owned parking garage stand eight pillars topped with different Catholic saints.
A sad sight for car collectors everywhere
List

A Cross-Country Car Excursion

A road trip through American history, engineering, and art.
Jonathan Carey July 8, 2022
Woody’s Classic Cars and Baseball Museum
Cross Plains, Texas

Woody’s Classic Cars and Baseball Museum

An Americana dreamscape.
Winslow, Arizona

HGTV Art Cars

A unique collection of artistic rides
disasters

Podcast: National Corvette Museum Sinkhole

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team June 22, 2022
Seal Cove Auto Museum
Tremont, Maine

Seal Cove Auto Museum

One of the country's best automotive museums and home to one of the first motor vehicles.
Slot Car City
Las Vegas, Nevada

Slot Car City

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.
outsider art

Podcast: Carhenge

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team May 25, 2022
Bernd Rosemeyer Gedächtnisstätte
Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany

Bernd Rosemeyer Memorial

A memorial for a racecar driver who died while trying to set a land speed record on the autobahn.
Auburn, New York

Finger Lakes Drive-In

Opened in 1947, this is the oldest continuously-operating drive-in theater in New York.
Hiker Emily Ford borrowed her friend's dog, a retired sled dog named Diggins, on her grueling hike on Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail.
paintings

6 Groundbreaking Women You Didn’t Learn About in History Class

Meet the painter, the pilot, the author, and other "firsts" who paved the way.
Sarah Durn March 15, 2022
Cleveland, Ohio

Tim Willis' Junkyard Playground

Old car parts and assorted materials get turned into one man's mechanical treasures on the side streets of Cleveland.
roadside attractions

Podcast: Civic Musical Road

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team March 2, 2022
Bon Aqua, Tennessee

Johnny Cash’s “One Piece at a Time” Cadillac

A fictional Coupe DeVille built by hand and gifted to the Man in Black himself.
Permanently Closed
Stahlstown, Pennsylvania

Laurel Hill Tunnel Racecar Testing

A piece of crumbling highway infrastructure was repurposed as a high-tech facility for testing racecars.
The Nissan Tsuru has long been Mexico's de facto taxi—despite being one of the most dangerous cars ever designed.
cars

Taxi Drivers in Xalapa Are on the Job in One of the Most Dangerous Cars Ever Made

The notorious Nissan Tsuru has long been the city's de facto taxi. Now, change is coming for the vehicles, and for the people who drive them.
Dylan Taylor-Lehman February 9, 2022
Some cross-country racers didn’t try to fly under the radar. In 1983 U.S. Express, Doug Turner and David Diem raced a red Ferrari 308 GTE from New York to Los Angeles in a record-setting 32 hours and 7 minutes.
automotive history

Is This the End of the Cannonball Run?

No rules, no pit stops, and definitely no speed limits.
Vince Guerrieri February 8, 2022