Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Duquesne Incline
There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Rochester, New York
Antique skeletons and taxidermy creatures were found crammed in a university closet.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
A watercolor recreation of a famous fresco unearthed at Pompeii.
Fort Mill, South Carolina
A replica of where the Last Supper was held.
Antarctica
Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.
Hythe, England
A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.
London, England
This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.
Gildeskål, Norway
Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.
Kawakawa, New Zealand
Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.
London, England
Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
Northumberland, England
This temple was constructed entirely by Roman soldiers.
Aberystwyth, Wales
The world's smallest movie theater runs on solar power—an attraction in itself.
Pontarfynach, Wales
Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.
Cave City, Kentucky
An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.
Ishinomaki, Japan
On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.
Wicklow, Ireland
An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.
Prague, Czechia
A crucified and bearded female saint.
Lidice, Czechia
The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Millvale, Pennsylvania
An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.
Morda, England
The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.
Carbondale, Illinois
In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.