Transport

Cañon City, Colorado, United States

Royal Gorge Route Railroad

Two railroad companies waged war to complete this historic rail line.

Odessa, Ukraine

Odessa Funicular

This classic lift was once replaced with an escalator.

Cañon City, Colorado, United States

Royal Gorge Bridge & Park

Once the world's highest suspension bridge. Don't look down.

Ocean Grove, New Jersey, United States

59’ Nash Metropolitan

Before the tiny Smart Cars, there was the Nash Metropolitan.

Medlow Bath, New South Wales, Australia

The Hydro Majestic Hotel

The Hydro Majestic Hotel was originally built as a hydropathic treatment center.

Bavaria, Germany

Chiemsee

Amongst the glittering lake and Alpine background lies a palace fit for a "mad" king.

Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Samarkand Railway Station

Since 2011, high-speed trains have called the old Trans-Caspian Railway home.

Como, Colorado, United States

Como Depot

Likely took its name from a large group Italian immigrants who named the Depot after Como, Italy.

Mt. Hood, Oregon, United States

Timberline Lodge

Nestled in northern Oregon, this famed resort features the longest ski season in America and a lodge so meticulously hand-crafted that no two guest rooms are the same.

Bryson City, North Carolina, United States

Great Smoky Mountains Railroad

This train offers scenic vistas, comfortable dining--and even a ride to the North Pole!

Rye, Sussex, United Kingdom

Rye Signal Box

Tourism may be it's main industry these days, but once this town was a smuggler's haven.

Gaming, Austria

Ötscherland-Express

Ride along this historic express train to a monastery founded by the once powerful Habsburgs.

Glenfinnan, Scotland

Glenfinnan Viaduct

Would you believe the longest concrete railway bridge in Scotland was built by a man named “Concrete Bob”?

Fort William, Scotland

The Nevis Range Mountain Gondola

Following in the footsteps of your heroes is never easy, but if your hero is Sir Hugh Munro you’ve got a tough mountain to climb to reach your goal.

Porto, Portugal

The Presidential Train

Transformed into a traveling culinary experience thanks to Gonçalo Castel-Branco’s ten-year-old daughter.

Pyongyang, North Korea

Kaeson Station, Pyongyang Metro

The descent to the train platform takes more than three minutes.

Istanbul, Turkey

Turkey Ferry Line

A ride on the Turkey ferry is a voyage not only across continents but through time.

South Island, New Zealand

Ski-Plane

The founder of this aviation-based business piloted the first retractable ski-plane in September of 1955 (with the adventurer Sir Edmund Hillary among his passengers).

Hamilton, New Zealand

Hot Air Balloon

It is tradition that each time a hot-air balloon lands, champagne is shared.

Tangalle, Sri Lanka

Amanwella

This resort exemplifies the style known as tropical modernism.

London, United Kingdom

Vickers Viscount

A turboprop airliner designed by Sir George Edwards, who oversaw the development of the supersonic 'Concorde'.

Thrumster, Scotland

Thrumster Station

A short-lived light-rail stop between Wick and Lybster in Scotland’s county of Caithness—known enigmatically as the “Land Beyond the Highlands” -- remains in good condition.

Gloucester, England

Gloucester Services

Unlike the standard chains one often sees on a long car journey, these service areas sell artisanal food and feel a bit different than your average stop.

Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, United States

Snowcat

Hop in a snowcat, and enjoy the ride through thick pine forests until eventually hitting a dead-end at an enormous underground vault shrouded in secrecy.

Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States

Ranger III Ferry

Isle Royale is the most commanding island of a 200-islet archipelago in Lake Superior, which has the biggest surface area of any freshwater lake in the world.