10 Things You May Not Know About London’s Underground
1. The first Underground trains ran on steam. Recent studies have found that London’s air quality below ground is 70 times worse than it is above, and that, due to exhaust and poor ventilation, a...
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The Epic Road Trip That Inspired the Interstate Highway System
In the early summer of 1919, Dwight Eisenhower was in a funk. With his wife and infant son living 1,500 miles away in Denver, the 28-year-old lieutenant colonel stationed at Maryland’s Camp Meade...
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The Strange Tale of New York’s Forgotten Subway
On October 27, 1904, the Interborough Rapid Transit Company opened the first line of what is now the New York City subway system. For the cost of a nickel per ride, passengers could travel over nine...
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Hilarious Rider Complaints From the Early Years of the NYC Subway
The New York City subway system is nearly 113 years old, and it’s certainly feeling its age. This summer, New Yorkers have endured delayed trains, canceled trains, derailed trains, trains whose doors...
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The Great Subway Race of 1967
This is how a group of whiz kids, using a mainframe computer as big as an elevator, messengers stationed at pay phones and a pair of subway tokens, staged a wild race against time under the streets of...
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How the Orient Express Became the World’s Most Glamorous Train
What do Lawrence of Arabia, Mata Hari, Leo Tolstoy and Marlene Dietrich have in common? They were among the 20th century’s most fascinating figures—and over the years, each experienced the opulence of...
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