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A microbus at Olivar del Conde, Mexico City.
maps

How Mexico City Crowdsourced a Map of Its Riotous Informal Bus System

The fourth episode of TED’s Far Flung podcast looks at the power of collective creativity.
Anna Phelan July 10, 2020
Aerial view of Levittown in Long Island, New York.
infrastructure

The Lingering Legacy of America's First Cookie-Cutter Suburb

Inequality was built-in.
Winnie Lee July 10, 2020
A mockup of the ExoMars rover rolls off its landing platform at the Rover Operational Control Centre near Turin, Italy. The facility is designed to simulate what conditions will be like on Mars when the actual rover, named Rosalind Franklin, arrives in 2022.
science

Europe's New Mars Yard Is Like a Playground for Planetary Engineers

Thanks, in part, to 150 tons of soil belched out by Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago.
A. J. Oliveira July 8, 2020
Tehachapi, California

Tehachapi Loop

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland

Carrickfergus Radar Tower

An abandoned shipping control tower looks like a satellite perched at the end of a pier.
Caretaker Mike Barrington waits as the boat circles around to collect him. It can be difficult to navigate around the platform legs.
infrastructure

Meet the Caretakers of Sealand, the World's Most Stubborn Micronation

Maintaining an aging offshore platform is no easy task.
Dylan Taylor-Lehman June 25, 2020
Caltanissetta, Italy

Caltanissetta Radio Transmitter

The tallest structure in Italy is a remote radio transmitter in Sicily.
Zrenjanin, Serbia

Most Na Suvom

Once a bridge over the River Begej, now high and dry.
The war-damaged utility pole of Misuji.
Tokyo, Japan

War-Damaged Utility Pole Monument

A sad reminder of the World War II bombing stands largely unnoticed on a street corner.
The “Blend-Aire” home under construction
Austin, Texas

Air Conditioned Village

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.
Houses of the “Floating City,” located in front of the city of Manaus, on the Rio Negro, in the 1960s.
infrastructure

The Life and Death of the ‘Floating City’ of Manaus

To some, this Brazilian neighborhood was a tropical Venice. To others, it was a slum on the water.
Ignacio Amigo June 9, 2020
The Remains of Rajōmon Gate, 2019.
Kyoto, Japan

Remains of Rajōmon Gate

The site where the famous city gate once stood, now in the middle of a playground.
Porto Tolle, Italy

Polesine Camerini Power Station

The chimney of a shuttered power station in the Po Delta is the second-tallest structure in Italy.
Guatemala City, Guatemala

Pinula Aqueduct

It's not quite as old as its Roman appearance suggests, but this piece of infrastructure served Guatemala City for centuries.
Stockholm, Sweden

Källargränd urinoar (Källargränd Urinal)

A 130-year-old urinal is the oldest of Stockholm and perhaps all of Sweden.
Video

What's the Point of Pointing in Japan?

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Lexington Avenue between 105th and 106th streets, Manhattan, 1913.
infrastructure

The Duo That Documented the Birth of NYC's Subway

For brothers Pierre and Granville Pullis, photographing the sprawling system was intrepid, precise work—not unlike the construction itself.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 6, 2020
Intercity train with observation car at the rear.
Nanuoya, Sri Lanka

The Main Line

Known as the most scenic route in Sri Lanka, this train line is steeped in history and offers an unparalleled view of the country.