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Laws Spring engraving.
Williams, Arizona

Laws Spring

This remote desert watering hole has a connection to a curious chapter of American history.
Exterior of the station.
Brooklyn, New York

Smith-9 Street Station

The highest rapid transit station in the world.
High Level Bridge walkway.
Edmonton, Alberta

High Level Bridge

This unique bridge has been a staple across the Saskatchewan River Valley for more than 100 years.
Istanbul Tunel Karaköy Beyoğlu
Istanbul, Turkey

Tünel

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.
Seikan Tunnel.
Japan

Seikan Tunnel

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.
E 18.
Tokyo, Japan

E18 War Train

The train engine is tucked under an apartment building on a quiet Tokyo street.
Restored Deco interior, main terminal building, Lakefront Airport, New Orleans.
New Orleans, Louisiana

Lakefront Airport

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”
One of Carla Jenkins’s towboats, the “Bettye M. Jenkins,” sits at her dock in Vidalia, Louisiana on Oct. 6, 2019. Jenkins’s father, who built the boat, named it after Jenkins’s mother.
ships

The Triumphs and Tribulations of Towboats on the Mississippi River

“You ride the river and just hope you’re in the right spot when you need to be.”
Kerry Graning October 14, 2019
The plaque.
Oxford, England

Site of the Rewley Road Rail Station

A plaque is all that remains of a lost Oxford transport hub.
A group of convicts "bush'd" in Tasmania.
prisons

Australia's First Published Dictionary Was Dedicated to 'Convict Slang'

The "flash" language reflected the makeup of the British penal colony at the time.
Matthew Taub October 7, 2019
Upstream view.
White Pigeon, Michigan

Mottville Camelback Bridge

The longest structure of its kind ever built in Michigan.
The bridge has been in the open position for decades.
Oxford, England

Rewley Road Swing Bridge

The remnants of this unusual bridge await an uncertain fate.
Qaqortoq, Greenland. The town's helipad can be seen on the far left.
Qaqortoq, Greenland

Qaqortoq Road

In a country where driving from one town to another is literally impossible, this small stretch of gravel is a remarkable feat.
The pavilion viewed from the bridge beside Hietzing station.
Vienna, Austria

Hofpavillon Hietzing

An ornate private entrance to the Vienna subway built specifically for the emperor.
The Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland

Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway

This tiny train shuttles passengers to one of Northern Ireland's most spectacular sights.
Sauschwänzlebahn.
Blumberg, Germany

Sauschwänzlebahn

A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.
Mendy Cahan, the founder of Yung Yidish, a nonprofit organization preserving Yiddish culture at Tel Aviv's Central Bus Station.
libraries

A Unifying Yiddish Library in Tel Aviv's Dilapidated Bus Station

Amid sputtering engines and towering stacks of books, people gather to revive a suppressed language.
Gitit Ginat September 10, 2019
Buses in the London Transport Museum.
London, England

London Transport Museum

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.