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Engineering

The box tunnel flooded with light

Box Tunnel Entrance

The designer of this railway tunnel added a birthday present for himself.

Washington, D.C.

Abandoned Drawbridge Control Room

The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.

Inside the engine room.

Nottingham, England

Papplewick Pumping Station

This Victorian marvel of engineering and artistic prowess is nicknamed the "Cathedral of Steam."

View from second story.

Washington, D.C.

Chinatown Barnes Dance

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

VECTORR in the Mendocino vineyard

Ukiah, California

Vectorr Train Prototype

A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.

Bailey Island Bridge.

Harpswell, Maine

Bailey Island Bridge (Cribstone Bridge)

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

National Building Museum

Washington, D.C.

National Building Museum

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

The water gate in foreground, Watergate Hotel in background

Washington, D.C.

Water Gate at the Watergate Complex

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

Shaolin monk in the process of levitation

Zhengzhou, China

Shaolin Flying Monks Theatre

A magical work of architecture where a wind turbine enables monks to levitate.

The church as it stands today.

Moved Church of Most

This Gothic church was wheeled in its entirety to a new location a half a mile away.

Dashes mark the old tunnel, solid lines are the newer ones

Washington, D.C.

Steam Tunnels Under Capitol Hill

100 years later, they're still down there.

Think you can solve it?

Unveiled: A Giant Rubik's Cube

It weighs nearly a ton.

Eric Grundhauser April 14, 2017

Ponte Sospeso in Tuscany.

San Marcello Pistoiese, Italy

Ponte Sospeso

A factory director designed what was the world's longest suspension footbridge in 1923 so his employees could get to work safely.

The Crossness Pumping Station in London was so intricately decorated that it was nicknamed "The Cathedral on the Marsh."

Modern Cities Owe Their Cleanliness to These Innovative Old Sewers

Crucial advances in where we put our poop, throughout history.

Kavya Ram Mohan April 13, 2017

A toilet car, a coffee mug car, and a cricket bat car.

Hyderabad, India

Sudha Cars Museum

Camera cars and condom bikes built from scrap and one man's passion.

The Vlooybergtoren

Tielt-Winge, Belgium

Vlooybergtoren

The "stairway to heaven" lookout tower was built to resist weather, arson, and the laws of physics.

Union Arch Bridge, today.

Cabin John, Maryland

Union Arch Bridge

The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

Using a Motor to Make Two Hearts Fuse

Lauren Young February 16, 2017