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The grade is about 37 degrees

Budapest, Hungary

Budapest Castle Hill Funicular

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

General Sherman

Sequoia National Park, California

General Sherman

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

San Francisco Botanical Garden

San Francisco, California

San Francisco Botanical Garden

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The Rosslyn Metro escalator. (Steven Cohen/Atlas Obscura)

Arlington, Virginia

Rosslyn Metro Escalator

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

The proud legacy of Don Juan Ponce de Leon.

St. Augustine, Florida

The Fountain of Youth

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Wall behind soldiers.

Washington, D.C.

The K-9 of the Korean War Veterans Memorial

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

A street performer on Las Ramblas.

Barcelona, Spain

Street Performers of Las Ramblas

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

The Atomium

Brussels, Belgium

The Atomium

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Pergamon Museum

Berlin, Germany

Pergamon Museum

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Morning Glory pool at Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Morning Glory Pool

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Times Square Ball from Above

New York, New York

One Times Square

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Fearless Girl Statue

New York, New York

Fearless Girl Statue

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

CN Tower with the Canadian flag

Toronto, Ontario

CN Tower Stairs

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

Grand Prismatic Spring 6.12.2017

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Grand Prismatic Spring

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

The Exorcist Stairs

Washington, D.C.

The Exorcist Stairs

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Berlin Wall

Berlin, Germany

Vestiges of the Berlin Wall

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

Welcome to Muscle Beach, home of copper toned deltoids and more!

Los Angeles, California

Muscle Beach

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

View from across Piazza San Marco.

Venice, Italy

St. Mark's Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio)

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

You'll never unsee it now.

Washington, D.C.

Washington Monument Marble Stripe

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A view of City Hall from below. (Photo:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia City Hall

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Manneken Pis in US Air Force uniform

Brussels, Belgium

Manneken Pis

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Old North Church

Boston, Massachusetts

Old North Church

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

 International Spy Museum

Washington, D.C.

International Spy Museum

Home to items never before seen by the public.

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