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Gravelly Point Park

Arlington, Virginia

Gravelly Point Park

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

The Howe Street stair corridor is the longest in Seattle.

Seattle, Washington

Howe Street Stairs

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

Landing site of the transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown, and adjacent memorial cairn.

Galway, Ireland

Landing Site of the First Transatlantic Flight

A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.

Elkhart, Indiana

RV/MH Hall of Fame

The evolution of recreational vehicles and motorhomes is on display in the “RV capital of the world."

View from second story.

Washington, D.C.

Chinatown Barnes Dance

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

A sand lizard, ready to fight development.

Lizards Hold Up Railway Construction in Germany

The reptiles must be relocated before it continues.

Cara Giaimo May 17, 2017

David Černý's "Feast of Giants" bus stop shelter.

Liberec, Czechia

Hostina Obrů (Feast of Giants)

An unusual bronze bus shelter is actually an art installation commenting on the city's history with the Nazi party.

Cycleway near Dorking, Surrey.

Resurrecting the Forgotten Bike Highways of 1930s Britain

The United Kingdom built hundreds of miles of protected bike lanes—and promptly forgot about them.

Sarah Laskow May 11, 2017

Deaf commuters converse in a Mumbai railway car.

Inside the Mumbai Deaf Community's Unique Public Transit Culture

The city's rail system offers deaf riders special compartments that double as bustling meet-up spots.

Cara Giaimo May 9, 2017

VECTORR in the Mendocino vineyard

Ukiah, California

Vectorr Train Prototype

A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.

Washington, D.C.

Foundry Branch Trolley Trestle Ruins

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

The Ecocapsule can accommodate two people and runs on solar and wind power. (Nice Architects, Slovakia, 2008)

Portable Architecture You Can Roll, Wear, Tow, or Float

A sauna on skis and 11 other dwellings made to move.

Anika Burgess May 5, 2017

View from the Exhibit Hall looking into the waiting area.

Arlington, Virginia

Ronald Reagan National Airport's Historic Terminal A

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

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.

A toilet car, a coffee mug car, and a cricket bat car.

Hyderabad, India

Sudha Cars Museum

Camera cars and condom bikes built from scrap and one man's passion.

Guard on Shinkansen bullet train in Kyoto Station

Why Japan's Rail Workers Can't Stop Pointing at Things

A seemingly silly gesture is done for the sake of safety.

Allan Richarz March 29, 2017

Permanently Closed

Vine covered columns activists hope to preserve.

Seattle, Washington

Seattle's Ramps to Nowhere

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

The rarest and most expensive of the 1930 Graf Zeppelin stamps.

The Controversial Zeppelin Stamps That Enraged 1930s Collectors

The U.S. Post Office ended up destroying most of them.

Cara Giaimo March 20, 2017