The chill factor
© 2009fotofriends/Shutterstock Canadians might be known for their polite and easy-going nature, but many of the country’s …
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Dunedin station, Dunedin, New Zealand
© travellight/Shutterstock Often called the Gingerbread House, Dunedin station's white Oamaru limestone on black basalt …
Liège-Guillemins, Liège, Belgium
© Markus Mainka/Shutterstock An important hub for high-speed trains traveling between Paris, Frankfurt and Dortmund, the bre…
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai, India
© Mazur Travel/Shutterstock Formerly known as Victoria Station, this Victorian Gothic Revival masterpiece is a UNESCO World …
All aboard
© muratart/Shutterstock A charming train journey is on almost every traveler's wish list. And whether it's through l…
$43,000: Sandy Lane Suite, Sandy Lane, Barbados
© Sandy Lane Barbados/Facebook A colorful slice of paradise, the 5-star Sandy Lane is one of Barbados' top luxury hotels…
$35,000: Suite 5000, Mandarin Oriental, New York City, New York, USA
© Courtesy of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Located on the 50th floor of the Mandarin Oriental, the three-bedroom Suite 500…
Rideau Canal, Ontario, Canada
© Facto Photo/Shutterstock Winding through Canada’s capital Ottawa, the Rideau Canal is the oldest continuously operated can…
The Grachtengordel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
© www.hollandfoto.net/Shutterstock Famed for its sprawling maze of waterways, Amsterdam ’s canals are probably the city’s m…
Wonderful waterways
© S.Borisov/Shutterstock Whether it’s a vast shipping canal or a narrow waterway, canals have been a prime transportation ro…
Ansouis, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
© Gordon Bell/Shutterstock At the heart of the Pays d’Aigues framed by the Grand Luberon mountain range is the hilltop villa…
Lods, Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
© Efel/Shutterstock Using the energy of the Loue river, the residents of this tiny riverside village built thriving iron for…
Montsoreau, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
© Viktor Goloborodko/Shutterstock Sitting between Anjour and the Touraine provinces, Montsoreau draws its rich heritage from…
Hidden France
© Rolf E. Staerk/Shutterstock From ancient fortresses to sleepy riverside communities, France is packed with incredibly pret…
Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri
© missouripentours/Instagram Missouri’s infamous maximum-security facility was the oldest continuously operating prison west…
Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
© Tritolion/Shutterstock Built by Quakers in 1829, Eastern State Penitentiary, or ESP, was then the most expensive prison in…
Yuma Territorial Prison, Arizona
© YumaTerritorialPrisonSHP/Facebook The last prisoners were moved elsewhere in 1909 and now the buildings, including adobe s…
Wyoming Territorial Prison, Laramie, Wyoming
© WyomingTerritorialPrison/Facebook Notorious outlaw Butch Cassidy is among the ‘wild west’ criminals to have been imprisone…
Alcatraz, San Francisco, California
© Sawasdee Snap/Shutterstock One of San Francisco’s most popular attractions is also one of its most chilling – and perhaps …
Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield, Ohio
© KLiK Photography/Shutterstock The Ohio State Reformatory was forced to clang its doors shut for a final time in 1990, af…