Places jocelyngould Wants to Go

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

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

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

These stunning arched rock formations might be familiar to Windows 10 users.

A bronze statue to commemorate an Auckland library's beloved feline resident.

Leave a trinket at this artistic collection of mailboxes.

One of the iconic moai of Rapa Nui stands guard in Lyall Bay as a symbol of the friendship between New Zealand and Chile.

This mechanical clock performs "Romeo and Juliet" in a Shakespeare-themed New Zealand town.

An immersive Māori village where you can learn history and heritage through dance, ceremony, song, architecture, and food.

This modern New Zealand attraction honors ancient forms of astronomy and scientific understanding.

This bakery sells traditional Māori sourdough.

Home to some of the world’s darkest skies, this project blends ancient Māori culture with world-class astro tourism.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

A rare opportunity to see artists working on their craft in a unique setting.

An ancient relic in Edinburgh that is around 4,000 years old.

A building-sized painting of the renowned 19th-century American abolitionist.

This small sculpture honors a shuttered bookshop that was the site of a fiery act of protest.

Inside this cathedral is a shoulder bone belonging to the Patron Saint of Scotland.