Places cpmaverick Wants to Go

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

No one knows who's responsible for decorating this tunnel with stuffed animals, but the people love it enough to protest their removal.

The oldest funicular in Lithuania has been climbing this steep hill since 1931.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

A favorite with sightseers and locals alike, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

The great Danube river starts here.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

The remains of a doomed Antarctic plane, buried beneath layers of ice and snow, await those willing to do a bit of digging.

This abandoned radar site is slowly being taken back by the jungle, its mission cut short by the end of the Cold War.

Is there such thing as too many fruit bats? Not anymore.

A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.

A forest full of mystical fantasy figures, nearly destroyed by recent fires.