The story of America’s interstates is usually told as a straightforward tale of postwar progress, but the real origins are stranger and more contested than the green signs suggest. The Dwight D.

Praised as one of the greatest public works project in American history, the Interstate Highway System is about to turn 70. Love them or hate them. The interstate highways are the arteries of our ...

During the 1919 transcontinental convoy, soldiers use a winch to pull a truck out of a ditch. When the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Rock, they didn't just drop anchor, row ashore and hop onto ...

Beyond the questionable accuracy of even modern maps, none are thought to include all the shaft openings, test pits, entrances and even entire mines that were constructed in New Jersey. Interstate 80 ...

Few public works projects have shaped the United States like the interstate highway system. Born during the postwar economic boom, an age of abundance and optimism, this once-futuristic project ...