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St. John's Episcopal Church
41.3958, -79.8289
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Frank & Nancy’s Marine Corps Museum
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Giant Squid Museum
43.5410, -6.5389
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The Old Limestone Arch
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Krakow, Poland
KrakĂ³w-PÅ‚aszĂ³w Train Graveyard
This cemetery of rusting Soviet-era steam locomotives and train cars offers an apocalyptic glimpse into a bygone era.
Yokohama, Japan
Odoriba Station
This subway station is named after a local legend about supernatural dancing cats.
Etna, Nevada
Meadow Valley Wash
Much of the spectacular canyon followed over a century ago by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad is now accessible to cars.
Cabedelo, Brazil
Cabedelo’s Bus-Boats
Take a ferry across the ParaĂba river in one of these 1980s bus-turned-boats.
London, England
Sloane Square Tube Station
One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.
London, England
Statue of James Henry Greathead
This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.
Beaver, Arkansas
Beaver Bridge
Sometimes called the “Little Golden Gate," this bright yellow structure is the last driveable suspension bridge in Arkansas.
New Castle, Delaware
Packet Alley
Many of the most significant figures in American history once hopped on a stagecoach in this alleyway on their way to more noteworthy destinations.
Bronson, Texas
Lobanillo Swales
The preserved wheel ruts of El Camino Real de los Tejas, an 18th-century Spanish colonial road across America's Southwest.
St. Paul's Bay, Malta
Malta Classic Car Collection
One Maltese man’s hobby became an extensive collection of restored automobiles, motoring paraphernalia, and antiques.
Elk City, Oklahoma
National Route 66 Museum
An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."
Richmond, Virginia
The Triple Crossing
Where three rails and three centuries of transportation meet.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Bench Avenue
When local government began removing public benches, the public pushed back, and vibrant, community-built seating now outnumbers the official shelters at Chattanooga bus stops.
Brussels, Belgium
Autoworld
From motorcycles to firetrucks and sports cars to horse-drawn carriages, this Belgian collection goes beyond rare cars.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Automuseum Vilnius
Discover the car that once belonged to the King of Nepal in a former Soviet-era taxi park.
New Castle, Delaware
New Castle-Frenchtown Railroad Ticket Office
Delaware's first railroad lasted only five years and spanned only 16 miles, but its ticket office has survived for two centuries.
Kyoto, Japan
Kyoto Station's Skyway
View Japan's most historic city from a cyberpunk walkway suspended 150 feet above the ground.
St. Louis, Missouri
Moto Museum
Explore the history and craftsmanship of a century of motorcycles at this St. Louis showroom.
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