Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
Lookout Mountain Incline Railway
This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.
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Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.
Memphis, Tennessee
Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.
York, Maine
True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.
Sintra, Portugal
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.
Hell, Michigan
Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.
Lincoln, Massachusetts
No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.
Allenwood, Pennsylvania
Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.
Los Angeles, California
From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.
Pikeville, Tennessee
Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.
Atlanta, Georgia
Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Lee, Florida
This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.
Budapest, Hungary
Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.
Gruyères, Switzerland
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Medfield, Massachusetts
Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.
Somerville, Massachusetts
This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.
Keenesburg, Colorado
The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.
Memphis, Tennessee
Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.