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.

The mortal remains of a Russian prince, priest and paranormal investigator who came to America in 1792.

This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.

What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.

Welcome to the world's only museum dedicated to the Ukranian Easter egg.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

Resting in the middle of an Austrian river, this sci-fi "island" lets people cross in neon style.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

A hotly contested micro-nation off the coast of Montserrat.

A city continually buried under the ash of a volcano that has been erupting for more than 15 years.

The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

This 1000 year old relic-filled cave monastery and UNESCO World Heritage Site also hosts an amazing micro-miniature museum.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

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