Places charles1 Wants to Go

This may be the smallest length of railway in the United Kingdom.

Take a ride back in time with a steam locomotive trip through Eritrea’s mountainous countryside.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

Life-size figures portray depot attendants, train crew, and passengers frozen in time at the oldest railroad station in Arkansas.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.

A blunder resulted in these charming stone-lined streams becoming the target of a Nazi bombing.

One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

The "largest bathroom stall in the world" offers a unique pit-stop experience.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

The longest manmade tunnel in Queensland is now a beautiful trail, home to a special colony of bent-wing bats.

A dictator's failed public works project has been reborn as two linked trails through spectacular scenery.

An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.

Ride in 1960s style on the private luxury train Marshal Josip Tito used to travel around Yugoslavia.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

The oldest operating steam locomotive in Canada runs along this heritage railway.

This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.