Stairs

Western Australia’s heavenly staircase is not for the faint of heart.

According to local legend, anyone who falls on these temple steps will turn into a cat.

Built into the side of Jack's Mountain, these steps were once the daily commute of local quarry-workers.

A mysterious stone staircase deep in the Swedish woods, said to have been made by trolls.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

A set of parking garage escalators doubling as a historical overview of Rotterdam.

As seen in the Spice Girls ‘Wannabe’ music video.

Slip in a slide while waiting for the ferry.

This tower is one of the best-preserved (and least-visited) remnants of medieval Paris.

These colorful staircases can be found around Goa’s capital.

This grandiose staircase was part of the revival of a medieval Spanish architectural style combining Christian and Islamic influences.

A single block in this stone staircase to the temple is mysteriously always wet.

A small cave network was discovered under a home in Xagħra, in 1924 when the owner was digging a well.

A terrace reminiscent of Rome's Spanish Steps is tucked away in a little park in Washington, D.C.

Local legend says a monk brought Christianity to Bornholm through his sermons in a cave inside this free-standing rock.

Known to backpackers as the "Steps of Doom," this walkway carved into the side of a seaside cliff leads to the Roman Tombs.