How America Built the Brooklyn Bridge Under 50 Feet of Water

How America Dug a 363-Mile Canal Entirely by Hand — The Erie Canal

A Hurricane Hit This California Railroad in 1976 and It Has Never Fully Reopened

Alaska Spent 25 Million Dollars on a 196-Mile Railroad in 1911 and Abandoned It in 1938

Union Pacific Tried to Abandon 200 Miles of Colorado Railroad in 1997. The Government Said No

Los Angeles Built a Subway in 1925 and Sealed It in 1955

Rochester Drained the Erie Canal in 1920 and Built a Subway in the Ditch

Brooklyn Sealed a Railroad Tunnel in 1861 and Forgot It Existed for 119 Years

New Jersey Bought Back an Abandoned Railroad in 2001 and Still Has Not Run a Train On It

Chicago Flooded Sixty Miles of Tunnel Under Its Own Downtown in 1992 and Walled Them Off

The Army Dug This Tunnel in 1943 and Cars Now Drive on the Rails

Cincinnati Built a Subway in 1925, Never Ran a Train, and Still Pays to Maintain It