Airplanes

During World War II, locals rallied together to buy this plane to support the war effort.

In a strip mall parking lot, an airplane with a cafe inside, flanked by a giant statue of Fred Flintstone.

A monument marking the first airplane flights in Japan hints at the dark history behind its peaceful park setting.

Inside an airport, visitors can explore this museum where history takes flight.

A surviving concrete arrow from an early-20th-century airmail-navigation network overlooks a reservoir.

A monument tucked within a suburban neighborhood commemorates the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean.

Not all airplanes are found in hangars or on runways, but this wayward fuselage seems out of place in its odd rural resting place.

This distinctive blue and white jet fighter is a symbol of the area’s relationship with aviation.

A museum of Hungarian military aviation in the middle of a small city.

This replica pays tribute to the first powered and sustained flight in the United Kingdom and the eccentric aviator who enabled it.

Once a slice of Cold War-era military history, this museum is finding its future in the stars.

A life-size replica of a Spitfire that sits in a quaint suburb.

This interactive museum preserves the big aviation history of this small Missouri town

A real Hawker Hunter jet in the middle of Basingstoke.

A striking lighthouse with views of the Gulf of Mexico and of a military air show.

The remains of a 70-year-old military aircraft crash landing still sit on this Scottish hillside.