The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

Inside this church is an obscure piece of art carved by the famous Alice Liddell.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."