Places zydeko Wants to Go

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

At this exhibit on the world of poison, venomous animals steal the show.

A tiny islet just off Long Island offers a wealth of infectious curiosities.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

The tunnel under the Capitol Building where Congress takes out its trash.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

The world's oldest operational public pier railway has shuttled seagoing commuters from ship to shore since 1909.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

This museum in a shuttered train station remembers the island's forgotten rail system.

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

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.

A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.