The shortest railroad in the world, Angels Flight Railway, is one of the most iconic landmarks located on the Southwest corner of Third and Hill Streets in Los Angeles. It was constructed in 1901 to transport passengers between downtown and Bunker Hill, a fashionable residential district at th...
This is easy to forget standing in downtown San Francisco or Denver. The intersection of Manifest Destiny, rapid advances in technology in the 19th century, an absolute belief in individual freedom, unregulated capitalism, and investment in massive public works projects (water, power, transportation...