Places charles1 Wants to Go

An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Home to the longest wooden escalators in the world.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

The grotto where Saint Ignatius of Loyola lived as a hermit for nearly a year.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

A stone wall commemorates the legend of a ferocious dragon who literally got his butt kicked by a knight.

A 2,000-ton rock resting in a state of a delicate balance.

An old tram depot transformed into a vintage car paradise.

A breathtaking viewing platform over the Alps.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

A former reservoir that was only recently discovered after more than 60 years of disuse.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

At this historic pub, you can sit back, sip, and watch a whole century go by.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.

A rooftop restaurant hides in plain sight atop Vienna's Palace of Justice.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.