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.

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

Two distinctive homes on a New England village green look like a couple of frosted wedding cakes.

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.

Towering high above the neighborhood of La Candelaria, the church is easily recognizable by its distinctive red-and-white striped facade.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

A unique interactive experience of everyday life in communist Yugoslavia—a very different time in Croatian history.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

A full figure 4th century incorruptible saint lies in a glass coffin in Croatia.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.