The 15-foot Steel Phantom: Newkirk Viaduct Monument's Hidden Ghost Train

Since 1839, The Newkirk Viaduct, a 15-foot tall steel colossus, has been standing proud, a brainchild of Thomas Ustick Walter, the genius behind the U.S Capitol dome. Over the years, this architectural landmark in Washington was decorated with 51 names, those of the railroad elite, but every name hid one that was forgotten and laid to rest in an unmarked cemetery overhead. The American Philosophical Society claims that the land beneath Newkirk bore witness to the burials of many a railway legend and their kin, but time and fate conspired to wipe those grim facts by the 60s.

Now, you can find them, a spectral presence overlooking historical waters, the ghostly graves rightly resting on the historical steel beast that once symbolized a golden era. In recent years, a handful of gutsy explorers have taken it upon themselves to bring the cemetery back from the dead, but even today, it remains a phantom find in West Philly, perfect for a curious adventurer like you to uncover the hidden stories waiting to be discovered.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons