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

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.