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What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

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

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

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

No one knows who's responsible for decorating this tunnel with stuffed animals, but the people love it enough to protest their removal.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

A favorite with sightseers and locals alike, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.