Places Cowshow Wants to Go

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

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

A section of a historic wooden trestle viaduct is preserved next to the railway line it once carried.

This bike path traverses the treetops.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

A historic and beautiful Art Nouveau chamber in a historic railway station.

The scars of a remarkably organized public protest to save 13 elm trees are still visible in this Stockholm park.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

A folk-art cottage and hotel straight from a Slavic fairy tale.

This historic hotel has hosted the likes of Babe Ruth, Jimmy Carter, and the Vanderbilts.

In 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand spent his final night alive at this luxurious hotel.

The oldest building in Hargeisa survived the 1988 bombings that destroyed some 90 percent of the city.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

A luxury hotel housed in a former 15th century Gothic church.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

Remnants of a forgotten 1920s speakeasy and Prohibition-era murals were discovered in its basement.

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

A Viking man's tribute to his brother stands in Gävle's oldest church.

This Renaissance palace features a unique architectural design and is now home to the Ferrara National Art Gallery.

An annual goat race takes place within the walls of this medieval castle.

This ruined castle is said to be the legendary keep of a Viking princess.

This statue commemorates one of medieval England’s most courageous heroes.