Places charles1 Wants to Go

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

Experience the life of an 1800's lumberjack at this interactive museum that is only accessible by railroad.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

Narrow-gauge railway with its own personal power grid.

The spur that wouldn’t die.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the great Victorian engineers, was the driving force behind the short-lived atmospheric railway.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

A unique collection of Soviet military artifacts lies hidden away in a disused train, in the unrecognized Eastern European republic of Transnistria.

A quarter-scale locomotive wonderland built by one man and his family.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

This historic railway museum may have lost its passengers but not its love for trains.