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

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

A local prank turned town icon.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.

Behold the rickety wooden glory of the world's oldest operating roller coaster.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

These boots are made for selfies.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

Money made from smuggling sugar helped create this wondrous rock maze in honor of the Prussian Queen Louise.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.