This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

This deserted palace is one of the finest examples of Indo-Islamic architecture in India.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

An architectural marvel built by a nearly forgotten Canadian Quaker sect, the Children of Peace.

The world's largest bamboo labyrinth is a living demonstration of the plant’s immense potential.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

Thanks to its curved shape, this incredibly durable dam "whispers" to visitors.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.

This small roadside eatery exists in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, as the equator runs right through it.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

These particularly resplendent rodents are the state animal of Maharashtra.

This local emblem is the oldest and largest dragon tree in the Canary Islands.

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

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.