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Transportation

The two cablecars.

Baildon, England

Shipley Glen Tramway

This quaint funicular has been ferrying people up and down an English valley since the Victorian era.

Avenue H Station House.

Brooklyn, New York

Avenue H Station House

This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.

Pythagoras in 2012

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Kendall Band

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

Duge Beipanjiang Bridge

Duge Beipanjiang Bridge

The highest bridge in the world rises a dizzying 1,854 feet above the river.

Tanggula Railway Station

Tanggula Railway Station

At 16,627 feet above sea level, this unstaffed station is the highest in the world.

Mexico City, Mexico

'El Perfil del Tiempo'

A "time traveler's" vision of human history stretches throughout Mexico City's Copilco metro station.

The cemetery grounds.

Auckland, New Zealand

Symonds Street Cemetery

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s.

NPA hangar with one of its first three Fokker Super-Universal aircraft (NC6880), acquired in July 1928.

The Short-Lived Airline That Shuttled Sightseers to America's National Parks

National Parks Airways only lasted for 10 years.

Evan Nicole Brown April 30, 2019

Tunnel entrance seen from the ground.

Bramhope, England

Bramhope Tunnel North Portal

This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.

Damage from a tank shell.

Berlin, Germany

Stadtbahn Viaduct World War II Damage

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

The recently restored W. P. Snyder.

Ohio River Museum

One of the few places where you can explore a 1918 paddlewheel steamboat from stem to stern.

Michigan Transportation Employees Memorial.

Clare, Michigan

Michigan Transportation Employees Memorial

The statues honor the state transportation employees who've died while performing their work-related duties.

No. 2 Plank Road Tollgate House.

Okemos, Michigan

No. 2 Plank Road Tollgate House

The last remaining tollhouse in Michigan built during the 19th-century plank road craze.

Vespa models from the 1950s and '60s.

Vespa Museum

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

Toledo Art Station of the Naples Metro.

Toledo Art Station

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

Mount Washington Cog Railway locomotive No. 2 pushes a train up Jacob’s Ladder, the steepest part of the railroad, in June 2009.

New Hampshire’s Mountain-Climbing ‘Railway to the Moon’ Turns 150

The Mount Washington Cog Railway is still chugging.

Justin Franz March 14, 2019

Historic trolley car.

Silver Spring, Maryland

National Capital Trolley Museum

A suburban museum tells the story of a historic transportation network and even provides rides in antique trolley cars.

Snowplow engine.

Edmonton, Alberta

Alberta Railway Museum

Ride aboard a centuries-year-old steam engine and explore dozens of trains parts, including an unusual "comboose."