Offbeat Travel

We've all seen bridges. All kinds of bridges. Suspension bridges, covered bridges, box girder bridges, and those fancy new cable-stayed bridges. For the most part, bridges are for helping cars and trucks travel...

You've probably seen the photo before. It's one of the most famous photos ever taken. On June 22, 1895, in Montparnasse Station in Paris, France, the Granville-Paris Express overshot its platform and crashed th...