Maaza Mengiste’s childhood trip to the mountain didn’t go well. Upon returning decades later, she gains a new understanding of her mother’s life — and her own. Mount Pilatus in Switzerland. Legends ...

Discover Mount Pilatus, a breathtaking icon above Lucerne, Switzerland. Ascend aboard the world’s steepest cogwheel railway, an engineering marvel built in 1889 by Eduard Locher, climbing a 48% ...

Explore the breathtaking Mount Pilatus, the crown jewel of Lucerne, Switzerland. Home to the world’s steepest cogwheel railway — with a 48% gradient over 4,618 meters — this engineering feat, designed ...

Comments: We took a cogwheel train to the top of Mt. Pilatus in the Swiss Alps. The clouds are visible below the mountain peaks. This is a regular feature that runs in The Forum's Travel section, ...

So whose idea was this? As the aerial cable car moved across the last supporting tower at almost 7,000 feet above sea level, I looked out the window and my stomach plummeted down the mountain. I saw ...

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