Highways

A chunk of Skylab debris adorns this small museum at a roadside motel in Western Australia.

This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.

A park where you can watch the highway zoom past.

Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?

Built into the wall of this pub is a unique marker detailing the distance to Dublin.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

Outside the Department of Transportation, a collection of artifacts honors the history of how we get around.

The longest enclosed pedestrian bridge in the world spans 14 lanes of traffic and six rail tracks, all while lighting up the night sky.

This twisty section of highway in the Himalayan foothills is lined with thousands of small mirrors.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

Part of a highway network meant to connect Miami to Montreal, this 10-mile stretch of road made from red bricks is still around 100 years later.

This remote highway took over 50 years to build.

Though it may look like a businessman's lost luggage, this case suspended under a highway bridge is actually a contemporary art installation.

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

The longest cutting on the M62 contains some surprises—though it's best to leave the motorway to appreciate them.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.