Places charles1 Wants to Go

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

Thought to be Britain’s earliest purpose-built viewing station, this small hut frames a magical waterfall.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

Thousands of railroad artifacts are housed in one of the last remaining mission revival style train depots in the South.

This historic Union Pacific Railroad depot is a stunning symbol of American post-Civil War progress.

This device was crucial to the Industrial Revolution development of Leeds.

The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

One of the oldest remaining Catholic churches in England is home to the hand of a 7th-century saint.

A humorous work of art making fun of the station's very long construction time.

One of the oldest and most majestic living trees in Britain, thought to be over 1,500 years old.

When a massive landslide hit one of the world's tallest dams it created a tragic environmental disaster.

This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

The abandoned transportation hub hides within the Glasgow attraction it once served.

In the middle of the Alaskan wilderness, lies a train trestle to nowhere.

This 16th-century pole was once used in brutal public executions.

A repurposed railway tunnel with otherworldly acoustic characteristics.

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

The U.K.'s first underground railway line is now a lively thoroughfare for runners and cyclists.