New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

Two cannon-like cranes were installed on top of the bank building to fend off bad feng shui.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."