Places charles1 Wants to Go

This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.

A lasting remnant of the London Blitz.

A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.

In 1909, the steepest and most difficult piece of track on the Canadian Pacific Railway was replaced with a series of spiralling tunnels cut into the mountains.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

The Bulgarian royal family exclusively used this ornate, now-abandoned train station.

A model train wonderland hidden beneath Gare de l'Est station.

Inside this old train depot resides a multi-line model train covering western North Carolina.

A former barn converted into a massive train diorama.

This delightful attraction features over a dozen miniature train layouts which you can operate and interact with.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

Don’t miss the local staple of rice vermicelli with charcoal-grilled pork patties and pork belly.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.

A comprehensive collection of toy and model trains, largely from the mid-20th century.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

A centuries-old quest to create artificial life is alive and well in the French town of Limoux.

For true northern-style phở with broth as clear as consommé, hunt for this restaurant hidden within a residential home.

The oldest Naval chapel in the United States is home to an incredible collection of Tiffany stained-glass windows.

The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.