Transportation

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

A bus with a butt and biceps to put Olympic athletes to shame.

With nickel-steel armor and three-inch thick bullet resistant windows, FDR's train was a rolling fortress.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

Before Metro, Washington had a robust streetcar network—and you see the remains of this infrastructure if you know where to look.

An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.

Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.

The place to be if you love vintage Swedish cars.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

This centuries-old canal known as the Cuckoo Dyke has a staircase of locks suitable for a giant.

The freeway that never was.

The scars of a remarkably organized public protest to save 13 elm trees are still visible in this Stockholm park.

This peculiar border irregularity is the only way to legally enter Russia without a visa.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.