This public elevator links the lower city to the upper city of Salvador.

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

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

The Paul Bunyan of the steel industry.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

The last funhouse of its kind, where guests enter through the mouth of an 80-year-old blue whale.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

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

Known as "Toronto's Flatiron."

This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

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

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

This Late Gothic building that once housed Erasmus is now known as the filming location of "Suspiria."

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

The great Danube river starts here.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.