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Stockholm, Sweden

Newton's Apple

This giant subway sculpture celebrates the fruit that inspired the theory of gravity.
Subway cars set sail on a barge in "Weeks 297, 2008."
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Photographing the New York City Subway Cars That Retired as Artificial Reefs

How Stephen Mallon captured this unusual voyage to the bottom of the ocean.
Winnie Lee March 29, 2019
Covent Garden labyrinth.
London, England

London Underground Labyrinths

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.
West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium.
Brooklyn, New York

West 8th Street - NY Aquarium Subway Station

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.
Section of the sewer.
Madrid, Spain

Caños del Peral Archaeological Museum

This small museum tucked within a subway station holds pieces from Madrid's past.
Tunnels of Euston.
London, England

Euston's Lost Tunnels

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.
Even if riders keep to themselves, microbes mix and mingle on the Hong Kong subway every day.
transportation

How Microbes Commute on the Hong Kong Subway

Meet the smallest straphangers.
Jessica Leigh Hester July 31, 2018
The old City Hall station has narrow, curving tracks.
art

The Man Sketching the Surprising Details of Every New York City Subway Station

He has spent 40 years chronicling overlooked mosaics, plaques, and other decorations. Only 362 stations to go.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 6, 2018
Komsomolskaya station.
Moscow, Russia

Moscow Metro Stations

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.
Permanently Closed
Massimo Vignelli's much-debated 1972 subway map.
New York, New York

Vintage Massimo Vignelli Subway Map

There's a piece of New York City transportation history hidden in plain sight at a Manhattan subway stop.
A look inside the Depot.
London, England

London Transport Museum Depot

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.
Mock Foggy Bottom station
Perry, Georgia

Fake D.C. Metro Station

Military and first responders can test their skills in a Foggy Bottom mock station down in Georgia.
subways

Two Guys Rode the Entire Boston Subway System in Record Time

They're the men who returned.
Cara Giaimo August 25, 2017
A mosaic from Pompeii of a similarly doomed dog.
archaeology

Roman Subway Dig Reveals Remains of an 1,800-Year-Old Dog

The pet seems to have perished in an ancient fire.
Eric Grundhauser June 26, 2017
subways

Late to Graduation? Celebrate on the E Train!

Grad Jerich Alcantara made the most of a 2-hour subway delay.
Cara Giaimo May 31, 2017
The streetcar deck of the Detroit-Superior Bridge open in 2009.
Cleveland, Ohio

Streetcar Deck of the Detroit-Superior Bridge

Abandoned since the 1950s, the streetcar lane beneath the heavily trafficked bridge lays empty and unused.
"Smelly" Kelly, using his famous nose.
infrastructure

The Man Who Used His Nose to Keep New York's Subways Safe

From gas leaks to eels, James "Smelly" Kelly changed the history of the city's underground.
Eric Grundhauser March 30, 2017
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A Basketball Was Stuck On an NYC Subway Track for Three Weeks

The Times is on it.
Cara Giaimo March 29, 2017