In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

One of the world’s oldest surviving convict prisons, once the scene of daring escapes and riots.

Bronze statues honor the brave explorers who passed through this Antarctic gateway.

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

This rare effigy of the author spent years lost in storage.

Can of beer on top of a Cobar hotel with a world record.

A representation of the region's rich agrarian history.

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

The world's first and only museum dedicated to dachshunds.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

When you get to Magnetic Hill park near the sign, put your vehicle in neutral gear, and watch it roll uphill...

The ruins of a once prosperous power station have become a mouldering seaside gem.

A beloved statue of a diving woman in Perth’s Swan River is frequently dressed up in costumes for special occasions.

Giant lamp houses the tourism information center.

A micronation of epic proportions.