Aside from it being a great help in making sure you’ve ended up at the right place, Google Maps’ Street View feature is full of all sorts of little quirks—from the all-too-candid images immortalized ...

HAMBURG, Germany--Sure, Miniatur Wunderland is the world's largest collection of model trains, but to describe it that way would do it a serious injustice. What it really is is a beyond-belief ...

For more than a decade, Rob Caves has invited the public to his Altadena backyard to experience an ever-growing model train universe built by him and his fellow hobbyists in the Christmas Tree Lane ...

San Luis Obispo obstetrician Bernd Schumacher has a one-track mind when it comes to trains. He recently was named the new Guinness World Records holder for the largest collection of model trains with ...

About 3,000 railroad ties are held down by about 10,000 screws. A Howell Township miniature train enthusiast has spent countless hours over the last six years building a 800-foot track for his ...

At The Heritage of Green Hills in Cumru Township, Berks County, there’s a special room where hundreds of little people cheer on the racers at the Reading Fairgrounds, tiny sightseers visit the Reading ...

Idea person: Glen Rosenbaum, a partner at the law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP. Big idea: Showcase history through model train room. Where it came from: In the early '50s, when Rosenbaum was three or four ...

Like gingerbread houses and snowmen, model trains are a staple in many traditional holiday scenes — and you can jump into the magical miniature world of model trains at Washington State History Museum ...