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13 • St. Pancras Station, London

As numbingly long airport delays become more frequent, Europe has the right idea with its growing high-speed rail network. The latest triumph: London's dazzlingly restored 19th-century St. Pancras International station. Having reopened last November as the city's new Eurostar terminus, it offers shortened service to Paris and Brussels (around two hours) -- as well as architect William Barlow's massive 1868 train shed, now modernized and brought back to its glass-and-pale-blue-steel glory. Norman Foster designed the original restoration scheme, which was ultimately finished by in-house architects at British Railways. -- Aric Chen

Photographer: Michael Walter/Troika

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