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Roanoke, Virginia
O. Winston Link Museum
This museum celebrates a legendary railroad photographer whose personal life was as dramatic as his photos.
Potsdam, Germany
Griebnitzsee Rauchschwalben (Griebnitzsee Station Swallows)
A local train station entrance hall doubles as a sanctuary for barn swallows.
Tokyo, Japan
Shimbashi Station SL Square
The decommissioned steam engine’s whistle can still be heard three times a day at one of Japan’s oldest train stations.
Moka, Japan
Mōka Station
Looking for the train station? Try the building shaped like a train.
Herndon, Virginia
Herndon Depot Museum
This former train station was once an important shipping depot for the regions farmers.
Helsinki, Finland
Lyhdynkantajat (The Lantern Bearers)
These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Tony Soprano Statue
A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.
New York, New York
14th Street-Union Square Moving Platforms
The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.
Minakami, Japan
Doai Train Station
Would you spend the night in Japan's deepest train station?
Grindelwald, Switzerland
Bahnhof Eismeer (Eismeer Railroad Station)
The second-highest train station in Europe.
Sakawa, Japan
Uemachi Station
Though it won't take you far, the wood train housed at this station is the last of its kind in Japan.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Koninklijke Wachtkamer Amsterdam Centraal
Where royalty waits in the height of luxury.
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Some things stand the test of time. Others get a little help along the way.
Prince, West Virginia
Prince Station
In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Union Passenger Terminal Murals
Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.
Rome, Georgia
Grave of Brownie the Depot Dog
Tombstone of a dog that greeted passengers at the Southern Railway Depot.
Toronto, Ontario
North Toronto Station
A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.
Potsdam, Germany
Potsdam-Pirschheide Train Station
In a divided Germany, Potsdam's "central" train station was relocated to the city's southern suburbs to avoid West Berlin.
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