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

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

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

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

French commune at the heart of conspiracies.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.