There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.