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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

This collection of unique liquids allows visitors to wander the waters of Iceland's glaciers.

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.