Places zydeko Wants to Go

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

With nickel-steel armor and three-inch thick bullet resistant windows, FDR's train was a rolling fortress.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.

A clumsy-looking flying locomotive rusts within sight of a busy rail station.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.

The world's largest indoor go-kart racetrack is hiding in Connecticut.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

A bomb shelter and some fireplaces are all that remain of the house Fred Roberts tried so hard to keep standing.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.