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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
subways

A Basketball Was Stuck On an NYC Subway Track for Three Weeks

The Times is on it.
Cara Giaimo March 29, 2017
Chuck Close's mosaic portrait Sienna Shields.
New York, New York

Second Avenue Subway Art

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.
New York, New York

Holiday Nostalgia Train

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.
New York, New York

The Hidden Art Deco Tunnel Underneath the New Yorker Hotel

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.
Mystery Soda Machine
speakeasies

9 Amazing Things Disguised as Boring Things

Look twice—these seemingly mundane objects are hiding something.
Molly McBride Jacobson September 29, 2016
Gesundbrunnen Bunker - Entrance from inside
Berlin, Germany

Berliner Unterwelten (Subterranean Berlin)

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.
A cat-guarded turnstile in Clapham Common.
animals

A Subway Station in London Has Been Taken Over by Cat Photos

It's the first feline guerilla action from the Citizens Advertising Takeover Service.
Cara Giaimo September 12, 2016
subterranean

A Striking Visual Compendium of All of Berlin’s Subway Stations

This photographer took on Berlin's entire U-Bahn network, one station at a time.
Anika Burgess August 24, 2016
Bricked up entrance to Clinton Hall detail.
New York, New York

The Forgotten Entrance to Clinton Hall

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.
subterranean

These Beautiful Photos of Subway Stations Will Transport You From Your Daily Commute

See the most striking transit systems from Montreal to Munich.
David Doochin August 1, 2016
At the platform
Haifa, Israel

The Carmelit

This subterranean funicular is one of the world's smallest subways.
The Rainbow
Montreal, Québec

Beaudry Metro

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.
Scale model of a Metro station escalator
Moscow, Russia

Public Museum of the Moscow Metro

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.
Old map
Madrid, Spain

Chamberí Ghost Station

Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.
Baby beaver, killing it on the campaign trail. (Screenshot: Jonathan Murray/Twitter)
animals

This Baby Beaver Won DC's Hearts and Minds After Trying to Take the Metro

"He was a little cutie," observers report.
Cara Giaimo May 6, 2016