Places funkboy3 Wants to Go

Although called a funicular by both its owner and the locals this historic railroad is actually a rack and pinion system.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

Despite their macabre past, these hooks are said to bring good luck to those who touch them.

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

This French chateau is home to the world’s largest private collection of fighter jets.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

A simple plaque remembers a California island massacre that claimed more than 100 lives.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

A vaudeville performer mounted this hollowed-out redwood log onto the chassis of a truck, and toured the country spreading a message of conservation.

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This sculpture of a pylon is upside down and askew, as if its main purpose is to confuse passersby.

This unassuming bridge is most likely one of Michelangelo's unfinished masterworks.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?