OK, Dylan fans, here's a pop quiz: Your job is to name the Bob Dylan song depicted on a manhole cover -- yes, we said manhole cover -- designed by Duluth artist Laurel Sanders. The artwork shows a ...

How many manhole covers are there in New York City? How are they made? Where do they lead to? In an episode of The Untapped New York Podcast we go over manhole covers 101 and discuss why New Yorkers ...

There are still tons of them around, though you probably never notice. There is no reason you should have noticed them: Manhole covers are just sort of part of the road. But if you looked down, you’d ...

They are heavy disks of cast iron that separate us from our subterranean sewage, but in Japan, they are also highly coveted works of art, symbols of regional pride, and now, sources of revenue. Local ...

Tracking manhole covers is definitely one of the nerdiest of the urban nerd activities out there. I would know, having written a treatise in graduate school just on the manholes of Westminster Abbey ...