Unable to build support structures on glaciers, the engineers for this tramway were forced to design a unique system.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

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

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.