Nestled in Snowdonia National Park in Wales, Coed y Bleiddiau, a UK Landmark Trust cabin, is available to rent. Built in 1868 for a railway superintendent, the cabin has its own train platform on the Ffestiniog Railway (Harbour Station, Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales, LL49 9NF, U.K.; phone +44 1766 516024, www.festrail.co.uk).

The narrow-gauge Ffestiniog Railway is served by a restored steam train that travels between the towns of Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog multiple times each day...

Each November, the bobsled track in St. Moritz is built from scratch, and, until early March, guests can ride the course with two professionals.

The rider takes his place between the pilot at the front of the bobsled and the brakeman at the back. The course, the same route used in the very first Olympic bobsled event held in St. Moritz in 1928, is 1,722 meters long and takes about 75 seconds to finish. Riders travel up to 135 kilometers per hour (84 mph).

A ride must be booked...

At Ireland's Shannon Airport (phone +353 61 712000, shannonairport.ie), the world's largest collection of die-cast model aircraft went on permanent exhibit on July 5 in a gallery off of the Departures lounge. The 1,500-plus models of commercial aircraft, military aircraft and more, each at a 1:200 scale, are on loan from the private collection of Michael Kelly of County Limerick, who has been collecting them for 30-plus years.

Highlights include models of the Spruce Goose, the...