Naples, Italy
Funicolare Centrale
In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.
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Naples, Italy
In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.
Hpa-An, Myanmar
Caves full of Buddhist statues, incredible rock formations and a deserted lagoon.
Melrose, Scotland
This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.
Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Culver City, California
Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.
Washington, D.C.
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Paris, France
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.
Leipzig, Germany
This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.
Chicago, Illinois
This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.
Le Morne, Mauritius
This monument sits at the foot of a mountain from which legend says enslaved people jumped to their deaths.
Duisburg, Germany
The world's biggest pet store.
New York, New York
A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.
Victoria, Malta
This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.
London, England
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
London, England
The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.
Creglingen, Germany
A collection of 4,000 thimbles that's more versatile than one might imagine.
Valparaiso, Chile
This historic Chilean cemetery is the burial place of hundreds of European and American freethinkers and non-Catholics.
Brooklyn, New York
You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.
Moscow, Russia
Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.
Ostermundigen, Switzerland
This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.
Windber, Pennsylvania
Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.
Escalante, Utah
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.