Places slieschke Wants to Go

Two provinces and two territories touch borders deep in the middle of the wilderness.

Underground tunnels once home to crime are now back open to the public.

The world's largest moose statue is located (where else?) in Canada.

305 homemade stone stairs wind their way up the Hamilton escarpment.

The roadway bend where highway painters practice their craft looks like expressionist art.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

Nestled near the mountains of western Canada resides this behemoth earth mover.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

This 4.5-meter-tall statue of a native Australian bird marks Hydro Aluminium's 40th year in the area.

A sparkling sandstone cliffside that's worth a visit while it still exists.

Located on top of mines that run through Broken Hill.

Popular tourist destination now stands as a memorial to Sam the koala.

The colony of South Australia was proclaimed on a hot December day under a distinctively arched gum tree.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.