Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

Berlin's old airport.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

The most confusing clock in New York.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.