Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

This funky former tobacco factory is one of the most striking examples of Madrid's cultural diversity.

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

A small granite block at this monument's base is the only part of Lincoln's Tomb outside of Illinois.

The childhood home of one of Ohio's favorite sons, pilot and war hero Eddie Rickenbacker.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

Life-size figures portray depot attendants, train crew, and passengers frozen in time at the oldest railroad station in Arkansas.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

This monument sits at the foot of a mountain from which legend says enslaved people jumped to their deaths.

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

The city that saw the birth of Sweden is now home to an impressive collection of work from its favorite artist.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.