Stairs

Known to backpackers as the "Steps of Doom," this walkway carved into the side of a seaside cliff leads to the Roman Tombs.

A breathtakingly steep set of stairs is carved directly into the face of the sea cliffs of Bonifacio.

A 15th-century Corsican chapel that possesses a rare Catholic monument: a "Scala Santa," or "Holy Stairs."

Local legend holds that if you can make it up this steep cobblestone stairway without taking a breath, you'll have wish come true.

A grueling 699-step stairway to a heavenly view of the island of Saint Helena.

These 4,444 wooden steps straight up a mountain were built to serve a hydroelectric power station but these days, they're mostly used by hikers.

The longest staircase lock in Britain.

One of the last few remnants of an ancient fort which once stood in the oldest area of Pune.

Final remnants of the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition.

A set of outdoor stairs named in honor of a famous Austrian artist.

A set of stairs leading down to the Mutha river sit by the foundations of a former temple.

Cut into a sheer cliff face, these stairs are the only way to reach a secluded Scottish harbor.

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.

A Stockholm metro station is home to an escalator that is not only the longest in Sweden, but among the longest in the world.