Places mpudvar Wants to Go

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.

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

A serious museum dedicated to two German comedians.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

The world’s largest underground marble quarry is hiding in Vermont.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.

Small rustic cabin nested in the mountains of Killington, Vermont.

Five mythical trolls have taken up residence in woods and hidden on paths at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

This site was once the largest ski jump tower in the world.

In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.

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

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

Near the summit of Mount Washington, a stone monument remembers a life lost to one of the mountain's infamous storms.