Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

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 lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

Despite having a dome made of papier-mâché this tiny observatory has survived for over a century.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

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

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.