This forgotten boat elevator was an engineering marvel in its heyday.

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

Crouch down, stretch tall, and be sure to flail your legs to pay homage to the Monty Python classic.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

All that remains of the only English cathedral destroyed in the Protestant Reformation.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

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

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

A 2,000-year-old wine press hidden in an overlooked park in Tel Aviv.

At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.