Transportation

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

A clumsy-looking flying locomotive rusts within sight of a busy rail station.

Tucked away along a riverbend in an area known for its uranium mines is one of the world's tallest locks.

The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.

A rare tour of a commercial jet assembly plant, held inside one of the largest buildings in the world.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.

The world's oldest operational public pier railway has shuttled seagoing commuters from ship to shore since 1909.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

Kenya’s oldest town is more than 700 years old and home to 6,000 donkeys.

This museum in a shuttered train station remembers the island's forgotten rail system.

A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.

A locomotive that was captured as a prisoner of war is now recognized as a WWII memorial.