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Gubbio, Italy
Colle Eletto Cableway
Old-style open-air cages bringing you from Gubbio’s city center to the San'Ubaldo Basilica.
San Francisco, California
Cable Car Carpentry Shop
The only place in the world where vehicles for an obsolete form of transportation are still built.
Ireland
Dursey Island Cable Car
Ireland's only cable car once carried livestock across a treacherous strait.
Utulei, American Samoa
Abandoned Mt. Alava Aerial Tramway
The site of abandoned cable car system provides expansive views of Tutuila and nearby capital Pago Pago.
Rabac, Croatia
Teleferika
The remains of a cable car used for bauxite mining after World War I hides in a coastal forest.
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Uncover Hidden Treasures and Surprising History Along the Rhine
Explore a world of antique oddities, marvels of ancient engineering, and monuments to time.
Guadalupe, Colombia
Salto de Guadalupe
Ride a steep cable car alongside a tall waterfall that feeds a near century-old power plant.
Mexico City, Mexico
CablebĂºs Line 1
This scenic cable car ride glides 100 feet above Mexico City.
Odessa, Ukraine
Odessa Cable Car
Built in the Soviet era, this cableway system still runs gondolas from Odessa down to Otrada Beach.
Poway, California
Poway Midland Railroad
Take a leisurely ride on a 1906 cable car or a 1907 steam locomotive.
Svetlogorsk, Russia
Svetlogorsk Beach Gondolas
These tiny cabins on a cableway have been carrying visitors at a Baltic resort down to the beach since 1912.
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